<div style="display: block; position: relative; max-width: 730px;">
<div style="padding-top: 56.25%;"><iframe style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;" src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/default_default/index.html?videoId=5839735967001" allowfullscreen="" border=0 frameborder=0></iframe></div>
</div>
<p>The cholera outbreak in Northeastern Nigeria is a source of concern as Borno and Yobe States alone have recorded well over three thousand cases with 97 deaths. Dr. Clement Peter, Health Emergencies Cluster Coordinator for Nigeria at the World Health Organisation joins CNBC Africa from Abuja to shed some light on the outbreak and ways to contain it.</p>


Containing Nigeria’s cholera outbreak

<p data-reactid="32">LUSAKA (Reuters) &#8211; Zambia has shut three of South African retailer Shoprite’s Hungry Lion fast-food restaurants after their food tested positive for the bacterium that causes cholera, a government minister said on Thursday.</p>
<p data-reactid="33">Zambia is struggling to contain an outbreak of the disease, which has killed 51 people and made more than 2,000 others sick in the capital Lusaka.</p>
<div class="DPSlot_container_2dHIN DPSlot_inline_1oeo6">The outbreak was initially linked to contaminated water from shallow wells but investigations indicated that contaminated food was the main culprit.</div>
<div class="DPSlot_container_2dHIN DPSlot_inline_1oeo6 in-article-tag"></div>
<p data-reactid="36">Local government minister Vincent Mwale said inspectors had found contaminated food at three Hungry Lion branches in Lusaka.</p>
<p data-reactid="37">“We have since directed the restaurants to close and have had meetings with the management to see how hygiene conditions can be improved,” Mwale told Reuters. “We suspect that some food handlers in these food outlets may be coming from parts of the city that are the epicentre of the disease.”</p>
<p data-reactid="38">Shoprite management in Zambia could not immediately b e reached.</p>
<p data-reactid="39">President Edgar Lungu last week directed the military to help fight the spread of the waterborne disease.</p>
<p data-reactid="40">The outbreak was initially confined to densely populated parts of Lusaka with poor sanitation, but has now spread to lower-density areas.</p>
<p data-reactid="41">Neighbouring Malawi has registered 157 cases and four deaths, its health minister said.</p>
<p>Cholera causes acute watery diarrhoea. It can be treated with oral rehydration solutions and antibiotics, but spreads rapidly and can kill within hours if not treated.</p>
<div class="Attribution_attribution_o4ojT" data-reactid="42">
<p class="Attribution_content_27_rw" data-reactid="43">Reporting by Chris Mfula; Additional reporting by Frank Phiri in Blantyre; Editing by Tiisetso Motsoeneng and Kevin Liffey</p>
</div>


Zambia shuts three of Shoprite’s Hungry Lion restaurants

<div style="display: block; position: relative; max-width: 640px;">
<div style="padding-top: 56.25%;"><iframe style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;" src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/default_default/index.html?videoId=5493943306001" allowfullscreen="" border=0 frameborder=0></iframe></div>
</div>
<p>After successfully containing a meningitis outbreak in the Northern part of the country earlier this year which claimed 1,166 people, Nigeria&#8217;s Centre for Disease Control is once again battling to contain a Lassa fever and Cholera outbreak.</p>


Nigeria’s fight against Lassa fever, cholera outbreak

<p>A cholera outbreak in parts of Mozambique has infected more than 1,200 people, killing two this month after heavy rains, and will spread further if no action is taken, a health ministry official said on Tuesday.<span id="midArticle_byline"></span></p>
<p>The disease, which is usually contracted from infected water, has already spread from the capital Maputo to another three of Mozambique&#8217;s 13 provinces since the start of this year, deputy director of public health Benigna Matsinhe told Reuters.</p>
<p>&#8220;But there are 19 more districts on the verge of seeing outbreaks of cholera in the coming days if nothing is done to prevent the spread of the disease. It is a situation that is of concern to the Ministry of Health,&#8221; said Matsinhe.</p>
<p>One of the deaths this month occurred in Maputo, while the other fatality was recorded in the northwestern province of Tete four days ago, the official said.</p>
<p>A widespread drought across southern Africa last year parched the land ahead of Mozambique&#8217;s rainy season. Last month a tropical storm caused widespread flooding and killed at least 7 people.</p>
<p>Cholera causes severe vomiting and diarrhea and is often lethal if not treated swiftly.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Manuel Mucari; Writing by TJ Strydom; Editing by Richard Lough)</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>


cholera

Containing Nigeria’s cholera outbreak

Zambia shuts three of Shoprite’s Hungry Lion restaurants

Nigeria’s fight against Lassa fever, cholera outbreak

Mozambique cholera outbreak spreading with more than 1,200 infected

News Tips

Advertise With Us

cholera

Containing Nigeria’s cholera outbreak

Zambia shuts three of Shoprite’s Hungry Lion restaurants

Nigeria’s fight against Lassa fever, cholera outbreak

Mozambique cholera outbreak spreading with more than 1,200 infected

News Tips

Advertise With Us

Newsletters