He made the disclosure at the opening of a 3-day Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Federation Committee Zonal Orientation Workshop on Tuesday in Akure.
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Oluseyi Abdulmalik, Communications and Media Manager of WaterAid Nigeria, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Bauchi, to mark the Global Handwashing Day, celebrated annually on October 15.
The Secretary to Cross River Government, Banku Agbor, has said that no fewer than 1,000 children die daily worldwide due to preventable diarrhea.
Abdul Karin Abubakar, the Community Health Officer at the Primary Health Center in the area, said the three deaths were out of 160 patients on admission at the center.
Gastroenteritis, also known as infectious diarrhea, is the inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract that involves the stomach and small intestine