Nigeria: Major Health Stories Last Week
[Premium Times] Lassa Fever: Nigeria's death toll rises to 57 (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 11, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
West Africa: Lassa Fever - Who Increases Response in Nigeria, Four Other West African Countries
[Premium Times] With five West African countries reporting outbreaks of Lassa fever, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has scaled up its efforts to support the region's response. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 9, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever, Meningitis Kill 26, Infect 88
[Guardian] Lassa fever and cerebro spinal meningitis (CSM) have claimed 26 lives and infected 88 others in 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 4, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: WHO Scales Up Lassa Fever Response in Affected States
[WHO] The World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up response to the Lassa fever outbreaks in states across Nigeria to strengthen rapid containment of the disease. WHO is mobilizing experts to intervene in investigations, contact-tracing, risk communication and plans are underway to strengthen efforts to further assist Nigeria in controlling the Lassa fever outbreak. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 1, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation of Lassa Fever: Information for Medical Providers
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 1/31/2019.
This 14-minute training video, the first in a two-part training series on Lassa fever, provides an overview of the virus, describing its epidemiology and clinical presentation. It describes signs or symptoms of Lassa fever, the implications of Lassa fever infection on pregnant women, and the clinical syndrome associated with Lassa fever in children.
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Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - January 31, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever Outbreak - Resident Doctors to Partner Govt
[Leadership] In an effort to combat the recent outbreak of Lassa Fever across the country, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced plans to partners the federal Ministry of Health to bring the outbreak to a standstill. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 29, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Edo Records 30 Cases of Lassa Fever
[Premium Times] Innocent Alenoghena, the Director, Primary Health Care Services in Etsako-West Local Government Area, Edo, on Monday said the area recorded 30 cases of Lassa fever in January. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 29, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Another Lassa Fever Outbreak
[Daily Trust] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, last week Tuesday January 22, 2019 confirmed 16 deaths from 60 cases of Lassa fever even as 590 out of 593 contacts are currently under watch in eight states of the federation. The affected states are Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa Ebonyi, Plateau, Taraba, and FCT. NCDC's Director General Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu said case fatality rate in confirmed cases is 26.7 percent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 28, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Plateau Records 5 Deaths, 17 Confirmed Cases
[Guardian] Plateau has recorded 17 confirmed cases of Lassa Fever with five persons killed, according to Dr Kunden Deyin, the state's health commissioner. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 28, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever Claims Two Lives in Ebonyi
[Premium Times] Ebonyi State government has confirmed the death of two persons in recent Lassa fever outbreak in the state this year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 28, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever Kills Four in Plateau
[Premium Times] Four people have died of Lassa fever in Plateau State. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 25, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Don't Panic Over Lassa Fever, Centre Urges Nigerians
[Vanguard] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigerians need not panic over the rising cases of Lassa fever because it has initiated measures in response to the disease in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 23, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: 4,000 Infected With Lassa Fever Yearly in Nigeria
[This Day] Benin City -A medical practitioner and consultant at Irrua Teaching Hospital, Dr. Abubakar Muhammed, has said that Lassa fever infected 4,000 persons in Nigeria, noting that there was need for more enlightenment on the dangers of the deadly virus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 23, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Declares Lassa Fever Outbreak, Activates Emergency Response
[Premium Times] Nigeria on Tuesday declared a Lassa Fever outbreak in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 23, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Researchers Urged to Develop Lassa Fever Vaccine
[Premium Times] Scientist and researchers have been tasked to intensify their researches towards developing a vaccine that could prevent the spread of Lassa fever across the continent in the nearest possible future. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 17, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
