Highlights:
• Ninety-three (93) new suspected cases and seven (7) deaths were reported in week 33
• The cumulative number of suspected cholera cases is 320 with 16 cholera-associated deaths (CFR- 5.0%)
• The Honorable commissioner for health has acknowledged a cholera outbreak in the state after receiving confirmation from the laboratory and has communicated to all relevant partners and agencies to support the state in tackling the situation.
• The SMOH and WHO had deployed Cholera Search and destroy team, Community Health Champions for house-to-house sensitization, and a large-scale capacity building for health workers on Cholera Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), etc., in hotspot LGAs.
• The SMOH and SPHCMB, with support from WHO and partners, are conducting regular weekly multi-sectoral cholera response coordination meetings in the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) with the Ministry of Water Resources, relevant agencies, health and WASH partners, and other stakeholders in attendance.
• The SMOH with the support from WHO, has transported 19 culture-positive samples to the NCDC reference laboratory for external quality assurance and genotyping and the 19 samples were isolated for Vibrio cholerae O1 Ogawa.
• UNICEF and IRC pledge to the support establishment of ORPs in affected LGAs of Gujba, Gulani and Fika and supply of case management commodities • The SMOH has mobilized staffs from other PHCs to support case management in affected areas.
• UNICEF and RUWASA had distributed 1,250 Cholera kits and 19 drums of 50kg HTH Chlorine across settlements in affected LGAs • IRC rehabilitated two (2) solar powered motorized boreholes in two communities of Damaturu LGA • ACF distributed Waste management and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) materials to ten (10) health facilities • The SMWR, in collaboration with UNICEF and AAH, distributed Aqua tabs in affected settlements and households.
• The SMWR, with support from IRC, UNICEF, and AAH, has trained and deployed 124 hygiene promoters to improve hygiene practices in eight affected LGAs.
• The SMWR and LGA teams, with support from WHO and AAH, are conducting house-to-house sensitization on environmental sanitation and chlorinating water sources in affected settlements.