Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria's Death Toll Hits 178 in 2022
[Premium Times] The report shows that 103 suspected cases were recorded within the week under review (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 26, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
New Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail Neutralizes Lassa Virus
A new monoclonal antibody cocktail neutralizes a dangerous virus circulating West Africa: Lassa Virus. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 3, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & Source Type: news
Nigeria: MSF Treats 58 Lassa Fever Patients in Ebonyi
[Leadership] The Ebonyi State project coordinator of Medecins Sans Frontieres also known as Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Mr. Elton Mbofana, has said 58 Lassa fever patients were treated and discharged at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (AE-FUTHA) by a team of the international humanitarian organisation (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 26, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Ondo, Edo, Bauchi Account for 71% Cases of Lassa Fever in Nigeria, Says NCDC
[Vanguard] Ondo, Edo and Bauchi states account for 71 per cent of new Lassa Fever cases in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 13, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Cholera Kills 233 in 31 States As 173 Die of Lassa Fever
[Daily Trust] A total of 10, 217 suspected cases of cholera, including 233 deaths, have been recorded in 31 states this year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 12, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria Records Six New Cases, One Death in One Week
[Premium Times] The report further revealed that a total of 172 deaths have been recorded in 2022 across 102 local government areas in 25 states. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 3, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria Records 10 New Infections, As Death Toll Rises to 170
[Premium Times] NCDC said the number of suspected cases has increased compared to what was reported for the same period in 2021. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 15, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever, Yellow Fever Kill 183, Cases Hit 7,650 in 36 States, FCT
[Leadership] No fewer than 183 Nigerians have died from Lassa Fever and Yellow Fever as cases of the two diseases have risen to 7, 650 in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 6, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: Prevail Begins Clinical Research On Lassa Fever Study Vaccine
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Partnership for Research on Vaccines and Infectious Diseases in Liberia (PREVAIL), a joint Liberia-United States research partnership, has launched a Phase I clinical study to evaluate a candidate Lassa fever vaccine in adults of good health in Liberia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 1, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria Records One Death, 13 New Infections in One Week
[Premium Times] NCDC said in 2022, a total of 880 people have been infected with the virus across 100 local government areas in 25 states of the federation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 16, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Records 13 New Cases of Lassa Fever in 1 Week
[Daily Trust] The latest epidemiological report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country has recorded 13 new cases of Lassa fever from five states within one week. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 15, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: Institut Pasteur De Dakar, ARC, West African Health Organization, and Africatalyst Form an Alliance to Strengthen Epidemic Preparedness and Response
[New Dawn] DAKAR, Senegal, 2 August 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) has entered into a partnership with the African Risk Capacity (ARC), AfriCatalyst and the West African Health Organization (WAHO) to strengthen outbreak preparedness and response to high consequence infectious diseases in West Africa such as Ebola, Marburg, Lassa fever, Meningococcal meningitis, and emerging pathogens of concern. The partnership will also evaluate the capacities for epidemiological surveillance (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 3, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Govt Set to Develop Lassa Fever Vaccine
[Premium Times] The minister also noted that the country has witnessed a sharp rise in the number of confirmed Lassa fever cases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 20, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Strengthening Nigeria's Local Capacity to Lead the Lassa Fever Response
[Nigeria Health Watch] The driveway in the grounds of the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) is large and welcoming and as you enter the hospital premises, the hospital's motto: 'Patient is Supreme' catches the eye. The hospital was founded in 1993 to manage viral haemorrhagic fever including Lassa fever and over the years, it has since grown in capacity and expertise. This has been mainly achieved through the Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control (ILFRC) -- first of its kind in Nigeria and the West African sub re (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 6, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: 158 Dead As Lassa Fever Outbreak Doubles in Nigeria
[CAJ News] Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Bureau -- THE death toll in Nigeria's Lassa fever outbreak has doubled over the past year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 29, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
