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Niger cholera deaths rise to 22, with more than 280 cases
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 29 - 09 - 2006


Twenty-two people have died of
cholera in Niger since the beginning of September, the
health minister said Friday, pushing up the official death
toll from the outbreak, AP reported.
The West African country experienced heavy rains starting
in July, and ensuing floods destroyed houses and swamped
latrines throughout the south of Niger, leaving thousands
homeless, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs.
Minister Kabaou Mahamane said 285 cases of cholera had
been reported between Sept. 1 and Sept. 22, with 22 deaths.
Last week, the U.N. reported 214 cases and 18 deaths since
Sept. 1.
Cholera is transmitted through contaminated water and is
linked to poor hygiene and inadequate sanitation. Though it
can be treated easily, the disease is a major killer in
developing countries and outbreaks are not unusual in
Africa.
The Niger outbreak has been most severe in the southern
town of Zinder, with 171 cases reported and 11 dead,
Mahamane said. The town of about 200,000 _ Niger's
second-largest city _ was one of the hardest hit by floods.
Kabaou said a coalition of government and international
organizations were working to contain the disease, among
them the U.N., Care International and the Niger Red Cross.
A representative for Doctors Without Borders, one of the
members of the task force, said the effort is starting to
show success.
«It has been on the edge of getting out of control, but
right now, today, it looks like something that's under
control,» Tom White, Niger desk officer for the group's
Switzerland unit, said by phone from Geneva.
«In Zinder we're looking at something between 10 and 20
cases presenting each day, which is not too serious,»
White said. «Initially the cases were coming in late and
it was quite serious.»


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