Tag: Lassa fever
FG to eradicate Lassa fever with new proactive startegies
The Federal Government Committee on Lassa fever says it will adopt new proactive strategies and best international practice for eradicating…
Lassa fever: Ondo government trains surveillance officers, informants
The Ondo State Government on Thursday in Akure concluded the training of surveillance officers and informants to contain the spread…
Lassa fever: Govt. amass drugs to tackle disease
The Enugu State Ministry of Health, on Monday, said it had stock-piled drugs and other consumables to tackle any possible…
Lassa Fever Contact Rises To 106 In Ogun
The Ogun State Government on Sunday said that the number of suspected contacts of the Lassa fever had risen to…
Lassa Fever: Nigerians urged to be vigilant
Two medical practitioners on Friday in Lagos urged the public to be vigilant and imbibe the right attitude toward the…
Lassa Fever: Suspected Patient Under Watch
A 22-year-old man in Abeokuta, who has allegedly contacted Lassa Fever, is under medical observation at the State General Hospital,…
Lassa fever: Patient under observation in Ogun
A 22-year-old man in Abeokuta, who has allegedly contacted Lassa Fever, is under medical observation at the State General Hospital,…
Lassa Fever: Lagos Calls For Calm, Advises Public On Safety Precautions
The Lagos State Government has called on residents to be calm and not panic, assuring them that Federal Government in…
Lassa Fever: LUTH increases surveillance
Activities at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, appeared normal in spite of the two recorded deaths and over…
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.…
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…