…PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF NIGERIANS TITLE: CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN NIGERIA SERIAL NUMBER: 08 EPI-WEEK: 28 DATE: 18 July 2018 HIGHLIGHTS § The multi-agency cholera emergency operations centre (EOC) at NCDC continues to coordinate the response. § Six States (Adamawa, Bauchi, Katsina, Zamfara, Plateau and Niger) are still reporting cases. There is however a decline in the number of cases reported in Plateau, Kano and Adamawa (Table 1). § In week 28 (9 -15 July); 367 new suspected cases were reported from six states- Adamawa (42), Bauchi (56), Katsina (68), Niger (14), Plateau (11) and Zamfara (176) including four new deaths in two States Katsina (2) and Zamfara (2). § This week, twelve (12) samples were tested. Of these, twelve (12) were positive. § Completed first round of OCV campaign targeting 378,815 persons in 21 wards in Adamawa state EPI-Summary § As at 18 th July 2018, a total of 16,892 suspected cases including 201 deaths (CFR: 1.19%) have been reported from 17 States (Adamawa, Anambra, Bauchi, Borno, FCT, Gombe, Jigawa, Ebonyi, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, Yobe, and Zamfara) since the beginning of 2018. § No new cases reported in the last four weeks in Anambra, Nasarawa, Borno and Yobe States § 51.6 % of the cases are aged 1 -14 years; 1-4years (27.1%) and 5-14years (24.5%) § Male/female ratio of cases is approximately 1:1 (50.1% male and 49.9% female) § Overall, there is a general declining trend in the number of cases reported except in Zamfara and Katsina states.
