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Cholera Outbreaks in Conflict-Hit Regions of Northern Nigeria: An Overview

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Infectious diseases

Abstract

Cholera, an acute diarrheal disease, remains a major public health problem, causing substantial morbidity and mortality in many developing countries. Cholera infection occurs when food or water is tainted with the etiologic bacteria, Vibrio cholerae. Nigeria has seen sporadic outbreaks of epidemic cholera since it first appeared in 1972. Recently, cholera cases have significantly increased since June 2022 and have been negatively impacted by floods, with outbreaks mostly occurring in the northern states. Between January to September 2022, Nigeria reports more than 10,000 probable cholera cases. As of December 24, 2022, cholera outbreaks have been reported in the Northeastern States of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe. A total of 7,700 cases, including 324 deaths, were reported across these three states, with Borno State accounting for 70.13% of these cases. The spread of cholera and other waterborne diseases is likely to escalate due to factors such as flooding, limited access to hygiene services, and water contamination. Moreover, insurgency, which has devastated the Northeast and armed banditry in the Northwest, has displaced millions of people, limiting access to clean water and food.  This situation has aggravated the outbreaks of cholera in the region leading to recurring outbreaks which are characterized by high mobility, increased hospitalization and deaths. However, the nature of the hostilities in the two regions makes it challenging to determine the precise burden of cholera due to reporting and access issues. Therefore, this article gives an overview of the cholera situation in the conflict-hit regions of Northern Nigeria in the hopes to create more awareness and facilitate the prevention strategies to contain the spread of cholera disease.

DOI

10.21608/aeji.2023.205724.1286

Keywords

Cholera, Vibrio cholerae, insurgency, banditry, Northern Nigeria

Authors

First Name

Bashar

Last Name

Gulumbe

MiddleName

H

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology,Faculty of Science,Federal University Birnin Kebbi, K Kebbi State, Nigeria.

Email

bashar.haruna@fubk.edu.ng

City

Birnin Kebbi

Orcid

0000-0003-0642-6902

First Name

Uzairu

Last Name

Aminu

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology,Faculty of Science,Federal University Birnin Kebbi, K Kebbi State, Nigeria.

Email

uzairuaminu@fubk.edu.ng

City

Birnin Kebbi

Orcid

-

First Name

Zaharadeen

Last Name

Yusuf

MiddleName

Muhammad

Affiliation

Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Al-Qalam University Katsina, Katsina, Nigeria

Email

zaharadeenymuhammad@auk.edu.ng

City

Katsina

Orcid

0000000210747920

First Name

Usman

Last Name

Liman

MiddleName

U

Affiliation

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Federal University Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria.

Email

usmanumarl@fubk.edu.ng

City

Birnin Kebbi

Orcid

-

First Name

Abdullahi

Last Name

Faggo

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology, Bauchi State University, Gadau, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Email

aafaggo@bsu.edu.ng

City

Bauchi

Orcid

-

First Name

Junaidu

Last Name

Abubakar

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Federal University Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria.

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jbubakar@fubk.edu.ng

City

Birnin Kebbi

Orcid

-

First Name

Abdulrakib

Last Name

Abdulrahim

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology,Faculty of Science,Federal University Birnin Kebbi, K Kebbi State, Nigeria.

Email

abdulrakib.abdulrahim@fubk.edu.ng

City

Birnin Kebbi

Orcid

-

First Name

Nazeef

Last Name

Usman

MiddleName

I

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology,Faculty of Science,Federal University Birnin Kebbi, K Kebbi State, Nigeria.

Email

nazeefiu@fubk.edu.ng

City

Birnin Kebbi

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-

Volume

13

Article Issue

2

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41559

Issue Date

2023-06-01

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2023-04-19

Publish Date

2023-06-01

Page Start

134

Page End

142

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2090-7613

Online ISSN

2090-7184

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AEJI_Volume 13_Issue 2_Pages 134-142.pdf

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623

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Publication Title

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases

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Cholera Outbreaks in Conflict-Hit Regions of Northern Nigeria: An Overview

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24 Dec 2024