Tag: Lassa fever
Lassa fever: Lagos NMA calls for more hygiene
As Lassa fever outbreak resurfaced in Lagos State, the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for…
Lassa fever: 2 cases confirmed in Edo
The Director of Primary Health Care in Akoko-Edo Local Government Council of Edo, Dr Sunday Yerumoh, on Monday confirmed two…
Lassa fever: Enugu government tasks residents on personal hygiene
Enugu State Government has advised residents to be more alive to their personal and environmental hygiene, to checkmate any outbreak…
Lassa Fever Prevention: Enugu Govt Adopts Media Strategy
The Enugu State Government has launched radio and television jingles to sensitise residents of the state on prevention of Cerebro…
Lassa fever kills NYSC member in Cross River
Mr Onwuegbuzie Stanley-Samuel, an NYSC member deployed to Cross River, has died of Lassa fever disease at the University of…
State to sustain surveillance on CSM, Lassa fever – Director
The Enugu State Government says it will continue to use massive publicity to sustain health surveillance alert on Cerebro Spinal…
Cats, Natural Allies In Lassa Fever Fight
Gombe State Commissioner of Health, Dr Kennedy Ishaya on Friday cautioned against any act capable of reducing the population of…
Lassa Fever Resurfaces In Borno
The Borno Government on Wednesday said it had recorded a new case of Lassa Fever after a 32-year-old woman tested…
Lassa fever kills 4
The Bauchi State Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of four patients out of the five cases of Lassa…
Team to kill rats in 465 Lagos markets
The Lagos State Vector Control Programme is to employ more graduates of the state’s College of Health Technology (LASCOHET), Yaba,…
Practice hygiene to avoid Lassa fever -Expert
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has urged Nigerians to maintain clean environment, free of rodents to prevent and…
Lassa fever: Plateau records 4 deaths, 5 cases
The Commissioner for Health in Plateau, Dr Kunden Deyin, said the state recorded four deaths, while laboratory tests confirmed five…
Rivers confirms Lassa fever case
The Rivers ministry of health has confirmed a case of Lassa fever in a private health facility in the state.…
Lassa fever claims 4 lives in Nasarawa
Dr. Daniel Iya, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Health has confirmed that four persons have lost their lives to Lassa fever…
Lassa fever: No new case in Plateau – Health Commissioner
Dr. Kunden Deyin, Commissioner of Health in Plateau said there was no fresh outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.…