Because chlorination had not yet been introduced and water filtration was rare, typhoid fever, spread by contaminated water, was a common affliction.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/house-freedom-cacus/

It would also cover maternal and child services, malaria and typhoid, screening for hepatitis, free dental services, and distribution of free eye glasses, he added.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/army-conducts-medical-outreach-in-bauchi-communities/

Mr Peter Okoye tasked Mbah, as a matter of urgency, to address the issue perennial water scarcity in Enugu, stressing that many of them spent a lot of money treating typhoid on monthly basis due to lack of access to drinking water.

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