Not fewer than 198 people have lost their lives, and 35,000 cases of cholera have been reported since May 2026 in Borno State.
In a statement issued by MSF to journalists in Maiduguri on Wednesday, MSF revealed that MSF supports two Cholera Treatment Centres and five Cholera Treatment Units – specialised facilities providing inpatient care for people with severe symptoms of suspected cholera – alongside 17 oral rehydration points which offer treatment closer to affected communities.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in collaboration with the Borno State government and other humanitarian organisations, is currently struggling to cope with the surge in cholera cases
as healthcare facilities are overwhelmed in Borno State.
” As of 12 July, the Borno State Ministry of Health (MoH) had reported more than 35,500 patients with suspected cholera and 198 deaths in the state.”
“Cholera is an acute bacterial infection of the intestine that spreads through contaminated food
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