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| Doctors were trying to save small children in Ganjuwa district by rehydrating them intravenously |
The Nigerian government is struggling to contain a cholera epidemic that has killed nearly 800 Nigerians in two months.
About 13,000 people have been sickened, according to the nation's health ministry, and poorly funded clinics are jammed with patients.
The epidemic, reportedly the worst in nearly two decades, has also spread to neighbouring countries, killing nearly 400 people in Cameroon and more than 40 in Chad. Cases have also been reported in Niger.
However, Doctor Henry Akpan of Nigeria's health ministry, described the situation as "under control" in the country.
"We're not having new deaths anymore," he told Al Jazeera on Friday.
"We're still having cases but the cases have been contained and we have a lot of centres where people get treatment."
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