Cameroon: Cholera already 6 dead and panic in the country | Ferloo
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Cholera is back in the country According to a statement from the Ministry of Public Health, 43 cases were treated in the country, The latest case was notified on 12 July 2018 in Yaounde, the capital.
Since May, four health districts have been affected in the northern part of the country. May 18, 2005, with the declaration of four cases at the district level of Mayo-Oulo, including Guirviza and Ndoumo, two border health areas of Nigeria, reports the regional delegate of Public Health of the North.
cholera case is synonymous with epidemic, local authorities call on the population to be cautious, while observing hygiene rules such as washing their hands regularly with soap, routinely use latrines, washing ali and consume them well cooked, leave funeral care to professionals, etc.
"The Ministry of Public Health recalls that the government provides free case management," said the ministerial communiqué which also states that all measures have been taken in all other regions to contain the epidemic.
However, the study of a suspect case in a hospital training in Yaounde revealed the weaknesses of the response mechanism. But the authorities want reassurance and call on the population not to panic. Health facilities have received additional stocks of inputs, particularly in the northern part of the country, and a contingency plan has been put in place in this part of the country since the rainy season, we learn.
Communication is also strengthened to inform the inhabitants about the measures to be taken in case of occurrence of sign of cholera. As a reminder, more than 420 people died of cholera in 2010 in the only region of the North. This epidemic was considered as the most serious that Cameroon has known for the last ten years.
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