The outbreak of cholera posed grave risks to pregnant women in the Northeast States ravaged by the destructive activities of Boko-Haram terrorists, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has said.
UNFPA said violence from the Boko Haram crisis had disrupted health and sanitation systems and left 1.7 million people displaced in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.
In August, a cholera outbreak took hold in Borno, further threatening communities already subsumed by the humanitarian crisis, UNFPA said adding, many pregnant women were living in camps or host communities
“The disease, which causes dangerous levels of dehydration, has put women – especially pregnant women – at particular risk.
“Cholera puts an enormous extra stress on the body of the pregnant woman and on the unborn baby,” said Dr Homsuk Swomen, a UNFPA reproductive health specialist in Maiduguri.
“Studies show that…
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