Health officials in Nairobi have issued a cholera alert following the death of two people
from symptoms associated with cholera in Korogocho, Nairobi county.
A 13-year-old girl passed away while being treated at Kiambu hospital on Tuesday while a woman said she lost her grandchild, a standard seven pupil at Mission Hope school.
A number of Korogocho slum dwellers have reported illness characterised by a running stomach and vomiting, a situation they blamed on poor drainage in the area.
Nairobi Health CEC Hitan Majevda said cases of cholera were reported in Githunguri but denied reports of deaths from the disease.
Korogocho residents have raised concern over an open
sewer which pupils cross over while getting to Mission Hope school.
Community health volunteers in the area have been providing medication to those who show cholera symptoms.
"We have taken it upon ourselves to get medications from the
Korogocho dispensary but they are not enough," Faustine Wekesa said.
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