Northeast Nigeria: Urgent need for improved hygiene facilities to combat deadly cholera outbreaks APO Group ...
(WorldNews Norway)

Download logo “One of the major causes of the outbreak is the congestion in the camps that makes it difficult to provide adequate water, sanitation and hygiene services. The rainy season has also worsened the conditions,” said Janet Cherono, NRC’s program manager in Maiduguri. NRC is calling on the local governments in Nigeria’s northeastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe to end the cycle of yearly cholera outbreaks. “If more land is not urgently provided for camp decongestion and construction of health and sanitation facilities,...