Nigeria: 40 Die in Nigeria As Lassa Fever Hits 14 States - NCDC
[Vanguard] No fewer than 40 persons died of Lassa fever within the first four weeks of 2022 in 43 Local Government Areas across 14 States of the country, out of a total of 211 persons that were confirmed infected within the period. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 7, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria Records 32 Deaths in Three Weeks
[Premium Times] The confirmed cases, NCDC noted, are reported by Ondo, Bauchi, Edo, Oyo, Ebonyi, Benue, Katsina, Kaduna, and Taraba states. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Records 26 Lassa Fever Deaths, 115 Cases This Year - NCDC
[Daily Trust] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said the country has recorded 115 confirmed cases and 26 deaths from Lassa fever this year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 27, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Govt Activates 'Emergency Operations' to Curb Lassa Fever
[Premium Times] The centre said between January 1 and 23, Nigeria recorded a total of 115 confirmed cases with 26 deaths (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 27, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria's Death Toll Rises to 11 in Two Weeks
[Premium Times] Cumulatively, from the first week to the second week of 2022, 96 people have been infected by Lassa fever across 27 Local Government Areas in 11 states of the federation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 21, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Plateau Records One Case of Lassa Fever Infection - Official
[Premium Times] The commissioner noted that the patient was responding to treatment. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Again, Ravages of Lassa Fever
[This Day] More could be done to contain the viral disease (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 14, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever Death Toll Hits 92
[Daily Trust] The death toll for Lassa fever in Nigeria from January 2021 has risen to 92 with Bauchi and Ebonyi States recording new deaths. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 29, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria's Death Toll Rises to 92 Amidst Covid-19 Surge
[Premium Times] Edo State topped the infection toll followed by Ondo and Taraba states. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 28, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lessons Lassa Fever Could Teach Nigeria
[Daily Trust] A mother of six children, 50-year-old farmer Ladi Isaac, is a lynchpin in preventing the next outbreak of Lassa fever in Abuja. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 23, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Battles Deadly Lassa Fever
[CAJ News] Abuja, Nigeria -- AT least 73 people have died from an ongoing outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 26, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Improving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Nigeria - the Only Language Cholera Understands
[Nigeria Health Watch] Nigeria is prone to seasonal disease outbreaks and in the last few years, a series of outbreaks including monkeypox, measles, Lassa fever, yellow fever, cerebrospinal meningitis and cholera have threatened the nation's public health security. In 2020, while responding to COVID-19, Nigeria was at the same time tackling what was reported as the largest recorded outbreak of Lassa fever in the country. Today, amid efforts to contain the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation is also dealing with an in (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 25, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Kano State Created a Budget Line for Epidemic Preparedness
[Nigeria Health Watch] The health security of a nation comprises the activities that lessen adverse public health incidents and ensures a healthy and productive population. It is vital to developing strong and resilient health systems that can prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats, wherever they occur. Nigeria has experienced outbreaks of infectious diseases such as Lassa fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, Ebola, COVID-19 and resurgences of yellow fever and monkeypox. The Ebola outbreak in the West African Dem (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 11, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Nigeria Records 50 Deaths As Infections Soar
[Premium Times] The disease is now prevalent in 14 states and across 52 local governments. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 30, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Oral Health Should be a Development Priority
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By Adekemi AdeniyanEKITI, Nigeria, Mar 19 2021 (IPS) The mouth is a barometer of social inequities — it reflects the injustices in our society. As George Cuvier, an 18th century naturalist said: “Show me your teeth, and I will tell you who you are”. To me, as a dentist, the mouth is like a microscope that reveals more than just tooth decay. It exposes us to a world where people lack access to water, health, quality education and live on low income.
So, when the FDI World Dental Federation unveils a “Be Proud of Your Mouth” campaign for World Oral Health Day (WOHD) 202...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Adekemi Adeniyan Tags: Africa Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news
