The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has confirmed a diarrhoea outbreak at the Government Girls Senior and Junior Secondary School in Kawo, which affected 81 students, with 15 requiring hospitalisation.
The confirmation followed an investigation by the Kaduna State Rapid Response Team led by the State Epidemiologist, Dr. Jeremiah Diako. According to Dr. Diako, the affected students were aged between 16 and 17.
He noted that all students who showed symptoms were promptly transferred to the General Hospital in Kawo for treatment.
“All hospitalised students have since been discharged,” Diako confirmed.
In response to the outbreak, the Ministry of Health has outlined a series of preventive measures aimed at mitigating future occurrences.
“These include strengthening disease reporting mechanisms, establishing school-based surveillance systems, standardising case referral procedures, providing food safety and waste management training, and improving local outbreak preparedness,” the ministry stated.
The ministry stressed the urgent need for these measures to be implemented to safeguard the health of students and prevent similar public health incidents.
