Tag: Ebola
Ebola: Senate pleads with JOHESU to call off strike
The Senate, on Tuesday pleaded with the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) to call off the over three weeks strike…
Northwest Congo hospital receives new suspected Ebola case
The main hospital in Democratic Republic of Congo’s northwestern town of Bikoro has received a new suspected Ebola case, the…
Fresh Ebola outbreak hits DR Congo
An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo's north-western territory of Bikoro.
Red Cross loses $5m Ebola funds to fraud in West Africa
The Red Cross has confirmed that more than $5m (£3.8m) of aid money was lost to fraud and corruption during…
Congo declares Ebola outbreak over
Democratic Republic of Congo declared its two-month Ebola outbreak officially over on Saturday after 42 days without recording a new…
Congo Is Ebola Virus Free – Minister
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared its month Ebola outbreak over on Saturday after 42 days without recording a new…
Ebola: New technology deployed for rapid diagnosis in DRC
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had deployed new technology that allowed for rapid diagnosis of Ebola virus in…
Ebola: FG, LASG to sanction Kenya Airways over conveyance of dead body to Nigeria
The Federal and Lagos State Governments are seeking sanction for Kenya Airways for conveying a dead body from Ebola infested…
Ebola: Sudan To Step Up Border Surveillance
South Sudan will strengthen surveillance measures at its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) to prevent the…
WHO admits slow response to Ebola
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday admitted It responded “too slow” in its handling of the 2014 Ebola outbreak…
Fourth deaths recorded in latest Ebola outbreak
A fourth person has died in an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman from the…
Passengers to go through screening to check spread of Ebola
The Federal Government has ordered health workers to intensify screening of passengers coming into the country as part of deliberate…
Ebola Virus: FG Urged To Be Proactive
The Guild of Medical Directors on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to be proactive and take adequate measures to prevent…
Ebola Outbreak: Kenya Issues Alert
Kenya’s health ministry on Tuesday released an alert on Ebola outbreak following the disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
Watch Out: Ebola virus on the rampage, kills 3
Three people have died from an Ebola outbreak in a remote northern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as…
WHO adopts measures to curb Ebola in Congo
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had taken measures to effectively respond to the recent outbreak of Ebola in…
Ebola outbreak: Nigerian government calls for vigilance
Nigeria's Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has called for heightened vigilance and intensified awareness efforts on symptoms of hemorrhagic…
Ebola: West Africa marks the end of epidemic
Liberia said Thursday it was free of Ebola, meaning there are now no known cases of the deadly tropical virus…
Liberia to be declared Ebola free
The latest Ebola outbreak in Liberia, the last country still affected by the deadliest flare-up in the history of the…
We shall conquer Lassa fever like Ebola —Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode says the government is working frantically to conquer the deadly Lassa fever disease…
Lassa fever: Resident Doctors demand improved rapid response
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called on government to improve existing response mechanism to ensure rapid response…
Ebola: FG says deceased student free from pathogenic viruses
The Federal Ministry of Health has said that the student who died of suspected fresh case of Ebola Virus Disease…
Two new Ebola cases in Guinea – WHO
Reuters – Two people have fallen ill with Ebola in Guinea after two weeks with no new confirmed cases of…
Ebola-ravaged countries record first virus-free week
The three West African countries at the heart of an Ebola epidemic recorded their first week with no new cases…
WHO: No new Ebola cases in the past week
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said no new Ebola infections were reported in West Africa in the past…
Nwadike, Bamishigbin to shoot film on Ebola
Funsho Arogundade Top Nigerian filmmakers Ralph Nwadike and Tunji Bamishigbin are making a groundbreaking thriller on how Nigeria overcame the…
Sierra Leone releases last known Ebola patient from hospital
Sierra Leone on Monday released its last confirmed Ebola patient from hospital and began a 42-day countdown to being declared…
Ebola Surfaces Again
Two new cases of Ebola have been recorded in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, weeks after the city was thought…
Cancer And Ambode’s Birthday Wish
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The world is grappling with many challenges. Terrorism has heightened the fear of insecurity across the globe. Globally,…
We Crossbreed Grasscutters For High Performance
By Prince Arinze Onebunne It’s nice to be here again. How is life and business? Fine I guess you’d say.…