Tag: Lassa fever
No vaccine for Lassa fever prevention yet- NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that there is no vaccine that is clinically proven to be effective…
Ogun declares state free of Lassa fever
The Commissioner for Health in Ogun, Dr Babatunde Ipaye, has declared the state free of Lassa fever following a recent…
Lassa Fever hits Bauchi, Rivers, Gombe, Plateau
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday, confirmed five cases of Lassa Fever in Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau and…
FG, Delta govt. collaborates to check Lassa Fever
The Federal Ministry of Health says it is collaborating with Delta Government to enhance disease surveillance and curtail the spread…
Medical doctor dies of Lassa fever in NAUTH
A medical doctor has died of Lassa fever at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, the management has…
Lassa Fever claims 149 lives in Nigeria
Kazeem Ugbodaga The deadly Lassa Fever has claimed about 149 lives in Nigeria in the last nine months, the…
Lassa Fever victim dies in Benin
The Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof. Michael Ibadin, has confirmed the death of…
Kaduna quarantines Lassa Fever victims
The Kaduna State Government on Tuesday said one person is being treated of Lassa Fever, while others who have come…
Lassa Fever: Ogun reopens closed hospitals
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Central Specialist Hospital and Rubee Medical Center, both in Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State,…
Ebonyi confirms second Lassa fever death
The Ebonyi government has announced the second death from Lassa fever in the state. The Commissioner for Health in the…
Lassa fever kills doctor, nurse, pregnant woman
Femi Adi/Kaduna The Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Professor Jonathan Nok, on Monday said three persons affected by Lassa fever…
Lassa fever patient discharged from LUTH
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi – Araba, on Friday said that it had discharged a Lassa fever patient…
Kano records 3 confirmed cases of Lassa fever
Dr Kabir Getso, Kano State Commissioner for Health, said on Monday in Kano that the state had recorded three confirmed…
Ogun Lassa fever patient dies, second victim isolated
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The first Lassa fever victim identified in the state early this month has died. The deceased, simply identified…
Lassa fever: annual recurrent budget of death for the poor – Don
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Professor of Microbiology, Dennis Agbonlahor, has described Nigeria’s negligence of the menace of Lassa fever as “annual…