Tag: Lassa fever

By Amina Ahmed Bauchi, - The Bauchi State branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), conducted a one-day sensitisation on Lassa fever...

By Alaba-Olusola OkeOwo (Ondo State) - Dr Ahmed Adeagbo, Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owo, Ondo State, has called for...

By Abujah Racheal Abuja, - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) registered 77 new Lassa fever cases and...

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...

By Abujah Racheal Abuja - Dr Benedict Azuogu, Principal Investigator at the ongoing workshop to discuss the progress of research known as...

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...

By TOSIN KOLADEAbuja- An academic, Prof. Godson Ana on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to embrace the `One Health Approach’ to control Lassa fever...

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...

Oyo State Government, on Monday, called on all residents of the state to remain calm over the reported cases of Lassa fever in Iwajowa...

 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...

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,...

Abuja (Sundiata Post) - It was convocation like no other as Edo state University, Iyamho, held members of the public spellbound with its...

By Ayinde Olaide Bauchi - Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), said 41 persons had died of Lassa...

Fidelis Dzuana is the elder brother of the late Dr Philip Dzuana, 34, a resident doctor with the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, who died...

By Ayinde Olaide Bauchi - Gov. Bala Mohammad of Bauchi State on Wednesday said that his administration would establish isolation centres...

By Martha Agas AGM Jos - The Executive Secetary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Mohammed Sambo, has called for collaborative efforts to strengthen...

By Cecilia Ologunagba Abuja - Dr Clement Peter, the Officer-in-Charge of World Health Organisation (WHO) in Nigeria, has emphasised the need for...

By Sunday John Lafia - The Nasarawa State Government has tasked residents to maintain personal and environmental hygiene to avoid being infected with...

By Rita Iliya Minna - Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Saturday inaugurated the reintroduction of monthly sanitation exercise in the state,...

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...