Growing concern for nearly 1.4 million internally displaced people living in cholera ‘hotspots’ as outbreak spreads in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI/DAKAR/NEW YORK 7 September 2017 –There is growing concern for the health and wellbeing of 1.4 million displaced people, including 350,000 children under the age of five, living in cholera ‘hotspots’ in northeast Nigeria, UNICEF warned today. The outbreak occurs as ongoing violence and military efforts against insurgents in the region…