NIGERIA: Officials seek source of deadly gastroenteritis

ABUJA Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (IRIN) - The Nigerian Ministry of Health is trying to determine what caused a gastroenteritis outbreak that has claimed 120 lives in northern Nigeria’s Sokoto state and dozens more in the northwest, according to national health statistics. “Unfortunately, it is the environment,” said the Ministry of Health’s deputy director, Abdul Nasidi. “The environment is so dirty. We are trying to work with the Ministry of Environment to inculcate in Nigerians how to live in...