Tag: Lassa fever
NMA In Bauchi State Worries About Lassa Fever Transmission Among Health...
By Amina Ahmed
Bauchi, - The Bauchi State branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), conducted a one-day sensitisation on Lassa fever...
Lassa Fever: FMC Owo Calls For More Intervention In Treatment Of...
By Alaba-Olusola OkeOwo (Ondo State) - Dr Ahmed Adeagbo, Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owo, Ondo State, has called for...
NCDC Registers 77 Cases Of Lassa Fever In Second Week Of...
By Abujah Racheal
Abuja, - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) registered 77 new Lassa fever cases and...
WHO to identify pathogens that can cause future pandemics
By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA
NEW YORK- The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is working to compile an updated list of priority pathogens that could cause...
Lassa Fever: Nigeria Concludes 18th-month Infection Cohort follow-up, Says Investigator
By Abujah Racheal
Abuja - Dr Benedict Azuogu, Principal Investigator at the ongoing workshop to discuss the progress of research known as...
NCDC confirms additional 13 new cases of Lassa fever
By ABUJAH RACHEAL
ABUJA- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 13 additional new cases of Lassa fever in seven days from five...
Nigeria must embrace `One Health Approach’ to control Lassa fever outbreak...
By TOSIN KOLADEAbuja- An academic, Prof. Godson Ana on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to embrace the `One Health Approach’ to control Lassa fever...
Lassa fever: Oyo confirms deaths of 2 doctors, 1 hospital staff
The Oyo State Ministry of Health, Thursday, confirmed the death of two doctors and another hospital staff as a result of contracting Lassa fever.
The...
Lassa fever: Oyo Govt. allays fears over reported cases
Oyo State Government, on Monday, called on all residents of the state to remain calm over the reported cases of Lassa fever in Iwajowa...
Lassa Fever: Case toll jumps to 92, as new deaths recorded...
The death toll for Lassa Fever in Nigeria from January 2021 has jumped to 92, with Bauchi and Ebonyi States recording new deaths.
The Nigeria Centre...
Resident doctors suspend 2-month strike in Taraba
The Taraba State Chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors on Monday suspended its two-month-old strike.
Resident doctors in the state had on December 24,...
Technology, security take centre stage as Edo University holds virtual convocation
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - It was convocation like no other as Edo state University, Iyamho, held members of the public spellbound with its...
41 persons die of lassa fever in Bauchi
By Ayinde Olaide
Bauchi - Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), said 41 persons had died of Lassa...
He died in my hands after struggling with convulsion – Brother...
Fidelis Dzuana is the elder brother of the late Dr Philip Dzuana, 34, a resident doctor with the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, who died...
Lassa fever: Bauchi Govt. to establish 3 isolation centres
By Ayinde Olaide
Bauchi - Gov. Bala Mohammad of Bauchi State on Wednesday said that his administration would establish isolation centres...
NHIS boss urges collaborative efforts to strengthen nation’s health care system...
By Martha Agas
AGM
Jos - The Executive Secetary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Mohammed Sambo, has called for collaborative efforts to strengthen...
Lassa Fever: WHO official harps on public awareness, good hygiene
By Cecilia Ologunagba
Abuja - Dr Clement Peter, the Officer-in-Charge of World Health Organisation (WHO) in Nigeria, has emphasised the need for...
COVID-19: Nasarawa govt urges residents to maintain hygiene
By Sunday John
Lafia - The Nasarawa State Government has tasked residents to maintain personal and environmental hygiene to avoid being infected with...
Gov Bello inaugurates monthly sanitation in Niger
By Rita Iliya
Minna - Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Saturday inaugurated the reintroduction of monthly sanitation exercise in the state,...
How to tame Lassa Fever, by expert
Proper hygiene and cleanliness have been identified as key elements to containing the spread of Lassa Fever in the country.
A medical expert at the...