{"id":30937,"date":"2019-04-01T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=30937"},"modified":"2019-04-01T14:20:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T13:20:04","slug":"nigeria-steering-towards-another-deadly-cholera-outbreak-humanitarian-group-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/nigeria-steering-towards-another-deadly-cholera-outbreak-humanitarian-group-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Steering Towards Another Deadly Cholera Outbreak, Humanitarian Group Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bayo Akinloye<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Overcrowded displacement camps coupled with a lack of basic sanitation facilities and hygiene will cause another cholera outbreak in northeast Nigeria if action is not taken now to prevent it, warns the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A record high number of 10,000 cases of cholera was recorded in northeast Nigeria in 2018, with more than 175 registered deaths, although the actual number may be higher.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the camps are not decongested and sanitation facilities improved, cholera will inevitably return, and vulnerable displaced people will bear the brunt of the epidemic again,\u201d warned Eric Batonon, NRC\u2019s Country Director for Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Over the last decade, northeast Nigeria has been affected by cholera on a yearly basis. Now,\u00a0following a rise of violence in late 2018 forcing over 100,000 people to flee, displacement camps and sites are overcrowded. This has resulted in a deterioration of the living conditions and a lack of\u00a0sanitation facilities.<\/p>\n

For instance, 466 people are sharing one latrine at one of the displacement camps in the state of Borno, according to the\u00a0Humanitarian Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs<\/a>\u00a0(OCHA). This is nine times above the agreed humanitarian standards, which is set at 50 people per latrine in emergency situations.<\/p>\n

Of 400,000 people needing\u00a0emergency shelter\u00a0<\/em>in northeast Nigeria in 2019, just over 2,288 people have been reached, said the NEC, adding that safe water\u00a0has only been made accessible to 24 percent of the total number of people in need.<\/p>

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In 2018, NRC provided water, sanitation and hygiene services to over 56,000 people in Borno state. Yet, an estimated 7.1 million people in the three most affected states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe depend on humanitarian assistance for their survival.<\/p>\n

As a result of lack of sanitation, people choose to defecate in the open, exacerbating an already vulnerable situation and increasing the likelihood of the spread of disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conflict in northeast Nigeria has now lasted for about ten years, and we should have learned the lessons of past cholera outbreaks and be able to prepare adequately to limit the impact,\u201d said Batonon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are calling for Nigerian authorities to provide additional land to develop decongestion plans and to enable the construction\u00a0of new water and sanitation facilities. At the same time, the international community should provide the necessary funding to respond quickly and efficiently so we can\u00a0end the cycle of yearly cholera outbreaks in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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