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

Nigeria: Lassa Fever Kills 158 in 24 States Within 6 Months
[Daily Trust] Lassa fever have claimed 158 lives in 24 states since the beginning of this year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Ghana: Outbreak of Suspected Lassa Fever in W/A - GHS Directs Health Facilities to Be On Alert
[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has directed all healthcare facilities across the country to be on the alert for suspected cases of Lassa fever. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 23, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Lassa Fever Kills Five Pupils, One Teacher in Gombe Almajiri School - Official
[Premium Times] The coordinator, Kaltungo Primary HealthCare, Comfort Danlami, said 76 suspected cases of Lassa fever were also recorded in the Dogon Ruwa ward in the council area where the almajiri school is located. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Ondo Records 34 Deaths, 227 Cases - Official
[Premium Times] Mr Faduyile, a professor, said the state recorded 227 confirmed cases in six Local Government Areas (LGAs) during the period. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 25, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Lassa Fever Claims 20, Others Hospitalised in Kogi
[This Day] The outbreak of Lassa fever in Aya in Machagba communities, Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State has led to the death of at least 20 persons while others who reportedly contracted dreaded disease in the state are receiving treatment at the Irua Specialist Hospital in Edo State. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 21, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Fatality Rate Rises to 19.1 Percent
[Leadership] Minister of state for health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Momora has expressed concern over rising cases of Lassa fever as fatality rate hits 19.1 per cent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 14, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: 132 People Died of Lassa Fever in 4 Months - Minister
[Vanguard] Abuja -- Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, who disclosed this during his ministry's bi-weekly press briefing in Abuja yesterday, said while 132 persons have so far died of Lassa fever this year, 3, 746 suspected and 691 confirmed cases had also been confirmed in 23 states. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 13, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Lassa Fever Kills 132 in Four Months, Says Govt
[This Day] The federal government has said it will begin the enforcement of environmental sanitation to reduce the increasing prevalence of Lassa fever across the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 13, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

‘Africa must be self-sufficient’: John Nkengasong on learning the deadly lessons of pandemics
The outgoing director of Africa Centres for Disease Control has seen Ebola, Aids and now Covid – and warns complacency is dangerousThe past five years have been “like going from one fire to the next, with barely any time to catch your breath”, says John Nkengasong, the outgoing head of the body charged with responding to health emergencies in Africa.A relentless term as the first director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) saw Nkengasong manage the response to Ebola and Lassa fever outbreaks. But nothing compared to the formidable test brought by Covid-19.Continue reading... (Source...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 28, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Emmanuel Akinwotu Tags: Global development Global health Africa Coronavirus Infectious diseases World news Science Microbiology Aids and HIV Vaccines and immunisation Ebola Inequality Source Type: news

Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Country Records Six Deaths, 29 New Infections
[Premium Times] The report shows that of the 11 states that accounted for the new cases, Ondo, Edo, and Bauchi States topped the infection chart with 68 per cent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria Records One Death, 33 New Infections
[Premium Times]In 2022, a total of 630 people have been infected by Lassa fever, cases across 87 Local Government Areas in 23 states of the federation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news