Kano - An outbreak of cholera in two northern Nigerian states has killed more than 200 children, among a total of more than 500 dead in the past month, hospital staff said yesterday.
More than 200 out of just over 600 children admitted in the past 10 days to the Hafiya Bayero Pediatric Hospital in Kano, northern Nigeria's largest city, have died, a senior staff nurse said on condition of anonymity.