Tag: Lassa fever

ABUJA- Renowned Nigerian physician, Dr Tochi Okwor, said that the 2018 Lassa fever outbreak exposed critical gaps in the nation’s infection prevention and control (IPC) system. Okwor is the Head of Disease Prevention ...

ABUJA- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in new confirmed Lassa fever cases in its Epidemiological Week 9 2025 report. The NCDC via ...

Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The Edo State Government has announced that a total of 15 people have died from Lassa fever since its outbreak in the state. Sundiata Post reports ...

Across Nigeria, countless families have lost loved ones to Lassa fever–a disease transmitted to humans by exposure to food or items contaminated with urine or feces of infected Mastomys rats. ...