27.03.2008 - Source: ReliefWeb

Katsina State: Measles outbreak kills at least 165 children in remote Northwestern state ("Measles kills at least 165 children"), Autor: Reuters Foundation [ID 22902]

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30.11.2007 - Source: ReliefWeb

Plateau State: 14 die of cholera in Bokkos local government area; situation has been brought under control, says commissioner for health ("Fourteen die of cholera in Plateau State, Nigeria"), Autor: Xinhua News Agency [ID 21790]

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04.09.2007 - Source: ReliefWeb

Bauchi: Free malaria treatment introduced; wife of state Governor announced that state authorities purchased and distributed malaria drugs to all clinics in the 20 local government areas ("Free malaria treatment introduced in Nigeria's Bauchi State"), Autor: Xinhua News Agency [ID 22094]

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28.06.2007 - Source: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

Tuberculosis treatment; health care system: General information, access and costs ("a-5515 (ACC-NGA-5515)") [ID 22108]

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08.2006 - Source: Norwegian Country of Origin Information Center

Effective treatment for tuberculosis is available, but often the disease is not diagnosed ("Report on Fact-finding trip to Nigeria (Abuja, Lagos and Benin City) 12-26 March 2006") [ID 18811]

"Professor Abengowe stated that effective treatment for tuberculosis is available in Nigeria, but this depends on patients actually being diagnosed with the disease. Many people have tuberculosis without being diagnosed, which has consequences for their own health and causes a spreading of the disease. Tuberculosis is one of the most threatening infections for Nigerians living with HIV/AIDS (see section 6.2 below)."

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08.2006 - Source: Norwegian Country of Origin Information Center

According to professor Abengowe sickle cell anaemia can be treated in urban areas ("Report on Fact-finding trip to Nigeria (Abuja, Lagos and Benin City) 12-26 March 2006") [ID 18812]

"Sickle cell anaemia is an inherited disease especially common in West and Central Africa, including Nigeria. Professor Abengowe stated that public health care facilities in urban areas generally have sufficient resources to provide necessary treatment. In rural areas, the situation is more difficult, but also here the standards are improving."

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07.09.2003 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Network

Zamfara State: Dozens of people die in an outbreak of Cholera ("Dozens die in cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria") [#15830],  [ID 15339]

""An outbreak of cholera in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria has killed dozens of people with scores admitted in hospitals, officials said on Friday.

The first cases were reported more than a week ago in the remote villages of Makera, Sanna, Salo and Marinai in Talata-Mafara local council area. Alhassan Abubakar, an official of the General Hospital, Talata-Mafara said at least 40 people had so far died with about 54 people receiving treatment in the hospital.

"Most of the dead died on their way to hospital," he told IRIN. The worst hit villages, he added, were a long way from the nearest hospitals.""

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