Tag: Nigeria Centre for Disease Control

•Some participants at the CPHIA2023 in Lusaka, Zambia By Vivian Ihechu LUSAKA For four days, African scientists, policymakers, healthcare workers, scholars, NGOs, civil societies and diverse stakeholders gathered in Lusaka, ...

By KEVIN OKUNZUWA On 20 January 2023, the Federal Ministry of Health and other relevant health stakeholders declared a diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria. By the end of October, no fewer ...

 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 for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed ...

On its last legislative day of the year, the House of Representatives unanimously passed into law the Infectious Disease Bill. The bill, introduced at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic ...