Diarrhoea in children dangerous, says don

A pharmaceutical microbiologist and professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Iruka Okeke, has emphasised that diarrhoea can be life-threatening for children. “For young children, diarrhoea can be life-threatening,” the don said in an article titled ‘Prof Iruka Okeke: Pioneering Genomic Approaches for Better and Faster Disease Surveillance in Africa,’ obtained on Sunday.