{"id":122734,"date":"2024-07-01T12:20:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T11:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/who-steps-in-as-cholera-outbreak-hits-kirikiri-prison"},"modified":"2024-07-01T13:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T12:27:46","slug":"who-steps-in-as-cholera-outbreak-hits-kirikiri-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/who-steps-in-as-cholera-outbreak-hits-kirikiri-prison","title":{"rendered":"WHO steps in as cholera outbreak hits Kirikiri prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The World Health Organisation, WHO, has donated pharmaceutical support to the Lagos State Government as it recorded 25 cases of cholera outbreak at the Kirikiri prison.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Akin Abayomi, Commissioner for Health, made this known while giving an update on the cholera outbreak in the state, stating that urgent environmental and medical intervention measures had been implemented with success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were able to supply Kiriki\u00adri Medium Prison with intravenous fluids, infection prevention and other health consumables.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WHO has donated 10,000 doses of pharmaceuticals to the prison to support prison health facilities with prevention strategies for about 3,200 inmates if required.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the commissioner stated two weeks ago that the source of the outbreak was unregulated street beverages and contaminated water supplies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has donated pharmaceutical support to the Lagos State Government as it recorded 25 cases of cholera outbreak at the Kirikiri prison. Prof Akin Abayomi, Commissioner for Health, made this known while giving an update on the cholera outbreak in the state, stating that urgent environmental and medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":122733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[13961,254,728],"class_list":["post-122734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kirikiri","tag-nigeria","tag-who"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WHO steps in as cholera outbreak hits Kirikiri prison - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The World Health Organisation, WHO, has donated pharmaceutical support to the Lagos State Government as it recorded 25 c ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/who-steps-in-as-cholera-outbreak-hits-kirikiri-prison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WHO steps in as cholera outbreak hits Kirikiri prison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The World Health Organisation, WHO, has donated pharmaceutical support to the Lagos State Government as it recorded 25 c ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/who-steps-in-as-cholera-outbreak-hits-kirikiri-prison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-01T11:20:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-01T12:27:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1719823982.475077.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"674\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/who-steps-in-as-cholera-outbreak-hits-kirikiri-prison#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/who-steps-in-as-cholera-outbreak-hits-kirikiri-prison\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"WHO steps in as cholera outbreak hits Kirikiri prison\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-01T11:20:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-01T12:27:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/who-steps-in-as-cholera-outbreak-hits-kirikiri-prison\"},\"wordCount\":142,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/who-steps-in-as-cholera-outbreak-hits-kirikiri-prison#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1719823982.475077.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kirikiri\",\"Nigeria\",\"WHO\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/who-steps-in-as-cholera-outbreak-hits-kirikiri-prison#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/who-steps-in-as-cholera-outbreak-hits-kirikiri-prison\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/who-steps-in-as-cholera-outbreak-hits-kirikiri-prison\",\"name\":\"WHO steps in as cholera outbreak hits Kirikiri prison - 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