Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting
No fewer than 81 students of Government Girls Senior and Junior Secondary School, Kawo, Kaduna State have been hit by an outbreak of diarrhea.
The Kaduna State Government confirmed it.
An investigation conducted by the Kaduna State Rapid Response Team, led by the State Epidemiologist, Dr. Jeremiah Diako, revealed that 81 students affected by the disease were between the ages of 16 and 17.
Diako said that the students were immediately transferred to a secondary health facility for treatment at the General Hospital, Kawo.
Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Ministry of Health has recommended several preventive measures to avoid future occurrences.
The ministry recommendations comprise strengthening disease reporting mechanisms, standardising case referral procedures, establishing school-based surveillance systems, and providing food safety and waste management training, among others.
It advocated the urgent need to implement the measures so as to protect students’ health as well as prevent similar incidents in the future.