Health
AN outbreak of whooping cough and measles has claimed the lives of 17 children in Kiru local government area of Kano State.
According to the state government, the affected children are under the age of five in the two communities of Kiru, where 11 died of whooping cough and six of the outbreak of measles.
The incidents happened in Kankwana and Dashi communities in Dangora ward of the local government local.
Hassan Adamu, a council health official, who confirmed the development in the community, said “efforts are in the pipeline for immediate medical support to the affected communities.”
Yakubu Sani, a World Health Organisation, WHO, representative, attributed the outbreak of disease to poor routine immunisation and inadequate health mobilisation activity.
Abdullahi Rufai Kiru, a ward local person in the village, who also confirmed the incident, said more than “40 children are on the line list that are affected.”
There are also indications that an outbreak of measles has claimed the lives of six children in Dashi community of Kiru local government area.
lbrahim Hamza Bayero, the district head of Kiru, paid a condolence visit to the family of the deceased, urging the state government to deploy medical personnel to the affected areas for immediate intervention.
– Oct 16, 2017 @ 10:06 GMT
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