Africa: A Six-Year Journey - Advancing Pathogen Genomics in Africa
[Africa CDC] As the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) marks it's sixth anniversary since its launch, it presents us an excellent standpoint to reflect on the enormous growth and development that has been accomplished. At the time of Africa CDC's founding in 2017, three years ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic, the continent was battling other disease outbreaks, including Ebola virus disease, Yellow fever, Lassa fever, Rift Valley fever and others. At the time, the pathogen genomics program was (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: Public Health Emergency Fund Needed to Achieve 'One Health'
[Ghanaian Times] At least, 1,469 individuals have died in multiple disease outbreaks that have plagued Ghana in the last two years. The diseases; COVID-19, Marburg virus disease (MVD), Monkeypox (Mpox) a nd Lassa fever (LF) have something in common. They are all zoonotic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 31, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria Records 784 Confirmed Cases, 142 Deaths in Three Months
[Premium Times] The NCDC said that 71 per cent of all new confirmed Lassa fever cases were reported from Ondo, Edo and Bauchi. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 29, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Q & A: Bioengineer Mireille Kamariza can ’t wait to see what’s next
When Mireille Kamariza joined theUCLA Samueli School of Engineering as an assistant professor of bioengineering in January, she brought with her an early record of innovation.Just a decade after earning her undergraduate degree at UC San Diego, Kamariza has already developed a potential point-of-care diagnostic test for tuberculosis. TB is the world ’s second-deadliest infectious disease, behind COVID-19, and still a serious burden in low-income countries.In the late 2010s, as a doctoral fellow at Stanford University, Kamariza and colleagues designed a system with a fluorescent “reporter” molecule attached to a sugar...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Ghana: Health Alert - Lassa Fever Cases Hit 14... One Death Recorded, Ghs Cautions Public to Avoid Contact With Rats, Mice
[Ghanaian Times] A total of 12 additional cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 14. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 2, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria Records 68 New Cases, 15 Deaths in One Week
[Premium Times] NCDC noted that four new healthcare workers were infected in the reporting week six. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Edo Confirms 132 Cases of Lassa Fever, Records Two More Deaths
[This Day] Benin-City -- Edo State has recorded seven more confirmed cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 132. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 3, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: 13 Die As 37 Test Positive of Lassa Fever in Benue
[Leadership] The director of Public Health, ministry of health and human services, Dr. Terna Kur has disclosed that 13 deaths have been recorded from the outbreak of Lassa Fever in Benue State. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 2, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Ondo Records Eight Deaths, 106 Infections in 2023
[Premium Times] "Between January 1 and January 23, we have had 268 suspected cases of Lassa Fever, 106 confirmed cases and unfortunately eight deaths," a state government official said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 1, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: 7 Nigerians Die of Lassa Fever in 2 Weeks - NCDC
[Vanguard] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC have announced that a total of seven people have died of Lassa fever in the first two weeks of 2023 with a case fatality rate of 7.8 percent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria Records Seven Deaths, 105 Infections in Two Weeks
[Premium Times] According to the NCDC, the trio of Ondo, Edo and Bauchi States accounted for 84 per cent of all confirmed Lassa fever cases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 25, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: Nurse Reportedly Dies of Lassa Fever in Bong, Nine People Quarantined
[FrontPageAfrica] Suakoko -- FrontPageAfrica has gathered that the Bong County Health Team has quarantined nine people over the outbreak of Lassa fever and the death of a health worker. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 24, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Edo Records One More Death, Eight Fresh Cases of Lassa Fever
[Premium Times] So far nine people have died in the state from the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 24, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Edo, Ondo, Bauchi Account for 84% Cases - NDCD
[Vanguard] Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has said that Edo, Ondo, and Bauchi states account for 84 per cent of Lassa fever infection in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 23, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Kano Confirms Outbreak of Diphtheria in 13 Local Govts
[Premium Times] The Kano State Commissioner for Health, Aminu Tsanyawa, stated this at a briefing on Diphtheria and Lassa fever outbreaks in the state on Saturday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 23, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
