Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria's Death Toll Reaches 70
[Premium Times] The Lassa fever death toll has risen to 70, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Tuesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 12, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: No Lassa Fever Patients At FUTA Health Centre - Management
[Vanguard] The Management of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, has debunked what it describes as an unfounded rumour captioned "Lassa Fever Hits FUTA Health Centre" being spread on the social media. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 11, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Osun to Engage Fumigators to Eliminate Rats, Rodents
[Vanguard] The Osun state government says it will engage consultants to go round the state to fumigate and get rid of rats and rodents that may cause health hazards including Lassa fever. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 11, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Coronavirus - LASG Sets Up Emergency Prevention Care Committee
[Vanguard] As part of measures to strengthen the preparedness and response capacity to combat the possible outbreak and spread of the deadly Coronavirus and Lassa fever, the Lagos State government through the state Emergency Management Agency LASEMA has constituted a 5-man committee on Epidemic Preparedness Response Plan, EPRP, across the 57 councils of the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 10, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Zamfara Has No Case of Lassa Fever - Commissioner
[Vanguard] The Zamfara government has said that the north-western state has no case of Lassa fever. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 10, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: We Are Winning War Against Lassa Fever in Edo, Says Commissioner
[This Day] The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, has said the state has made modest progress in the war against the spread of Lassa fever, noting that stringent measures have been taken by the state Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to guide against the epidemic and other communicable diseases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 10, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Kogi Confirms Nine Cases of Lassa Fever, Four Deaths
[Premium Times] The Kogi State Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of Lassa fever with four deaths recorded since the outbreak of the deadly disease in the state about a month ago. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 10, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Hypo Begins Nationwide Campaign Against Lassa Fever
[This Day] In the wake of the outbreak of Lassa fever in some states in the country, indigenous bleach manufacturer, Hypo, has kicked off a sanitisation campaign in partnership with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 8, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: 'Lassa Fever Now in 27 States'
[This Day] Abuja -Minister for Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Thursday said the federal government has guaranteed the provision of the Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) to operate 24 hours full service. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 7, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Declare State of Emergency On Lassa Fever, Doctors Urge Govt
[Premium Times] Resident doctors in Nigeria have called on the federal government to declare a state of emergency on Lassa fever. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 7, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever Now in 27 States - Health Minister
[Premium Times] The Minister for Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said about 27 states of the federation have recorded cases of Lassa fever as at the last count. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 7, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever Update - Six New Cases Recorded in Ondo As Death Toll Rises to 22
[Premium Times] Medical authorities in Ondo State have confirmed the report of six new cases of Lassa fever since February began. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Dozens Dead in Nigeria Fever Outbreak
[CAJ News] Abuja -An upsurge of the Lassa fever has left at least 41 people dead in Nigeria since the beginning of the year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Fighting Lassa Fever Internally and Coronavirus Externally
[This Day] In juxtaposing the spread of Lassa fever to 19 states, which has infected over 250 persons and killed at least 41 Nigerians, with the increased spread of novel Coronavirus from China to 28 countries, Martins Ifijeh writes that there is no time more apt for epidemic preparedness in Nigeria (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria Records Six New Deaths As Confirmed Cases Increase
[Premium Times] Nigeria has registered an upsurge in the number of Lassa Fever cases since the beginning of the year, with 365 positive cases and 47 deaths reported from 23 states across the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
