Nigeria: Yellow Fever Preventive Mass Vaccination Campaign Kicks Off in Katsina State, Others to Follow
[WHO] As part of an effort towards eliminating Yellow Fever epidemics in Nigeria, the Government in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Gavi, and other key partners, officially commenced Phase 3 of its planned Preventive Mass Vaccination Campaign (PMVC) in Katsina State. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 10, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Yellow fever – Nigeria
On 29 August 2019, a suspected yellow fever case was reported from Kano state with a travel history to Yankari game reserve, Alkaleri Local Government Area (LGA), Bauchi state, Nigeria. From 29 August through 22 September 2019, Nigeria reported an outbreak of yellow fever with an epi-centre in the Yankari game reserve of Alkaleri LGA, Bauchi state. According to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 231 suspected cases have been reported in four states including Bauchi (110), Borno (109), Gombe (10), and Kano (2), of which there have been 13 presumptive positive by IgM testing and 24 cases positive by reverse-transcri...
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - October 8, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: news Source Type: news
Nigeria: Yellow Fever - Death Toll Rises to 17 in Bauchi State
[This Day] Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency has said one more patient of yellow fever has died in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 3, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Beaverton vaccine developer nabs $3M grant to start clinical trial
Beaverton-based Najit Technologies Inc. received a $3.1 million grant to test a yellow fever vaccine in humans for the first time.
The award from the National Institutes of Health will allow the OHSU spinout to get its HydroVax platform in a phase 1 clinical trial to study how participants’ immune systems respond.
The current yellow fever vaccine has been used since the 1930s. While it works for the majority of people who take it, infants and the elderly can become ill from the vaccine.
“We… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 30, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news
Nigeria: Katsina Records 36 Cases of Yellow Fever, Embarks On Vaccination
[Daily Trust] Katsina -Katsina State has recorded 36 cases of yellow fever in two of its local governments; Danmusa and Kankara, the Deputy Governor, Mannir Yakubu, said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 30, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Yellow fever – Nigeria
On 16 July 2019, the Ebonyi State Ministry of Health received information about suspected yellow fever cases in Ndingele ward, Izzi Local Government Area (LGA), Nigeria. The cases had symptoms of fever and jaundice, reported with onset since May 2019. As of 30 August 2019, a total of 84 suspected yellow fever cases, including 26 deaths (case fatality ratio: 31 %), have been reported across nine LGAs within Ebonyi State. Of the suspected yellow fever cases, fifty-five per cent (46/84) are male. The most affected age group is 0-9 years (28 cases, 33%), followed by age groups 20-29 years and above 30 years each with 20 cases ...
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - September 26, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: news Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Records 23 Deaths Linked to Yellow Fever in Bauchi
[Premium Times] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) said 23 persons have so far died since an outbreak of yellow fever was reported in Alkaleri Local Government Area in Bauchi State. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Gombe Confirms Three Yellow Fever Cases
[Premium Times] The Gombe State Government says it has recorded six suspected cases of yellow fever, out of which three are reactive. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 19, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Bauchi State Governor Initiates Yellow Fever Campaign Targeting 500,000 People
[WHO] In response to an outbreak of Yellow Fever in Bauchi State, Governor Senator Bala Mohammed on 12 September 2019 initiated a vaccination campaign against the disease in Alkaleri Local Government Area (LGA). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 18, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Yellow Fever - Bauchi Launches Campaign to Immunise 500,000 People
[This Day] Bauchi -Bauchi State government has flagged off a bold campaign to immunise 500,000 people in Alkaleri and Tafawa Balewa local government areas of the state to curtail the spread of Yellow fever. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 18, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: What's Behind Frequent Yellow Fever Outbreaks in Nigeria?
[Africa Check] Despite the country being a key focus of the global campaign to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease, authorities are struggling to land the telling blow. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 18, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
A New World? Are the Americas Returning to Old Problems?
By Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM / ROME, Sep 12 2019 (IPS) When I in 1980 first arrived in America it was a new world to me. I went from New York to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and like so many visitors and migrants before me I was overwhelmed by both familiar and strange impressions. Familiar due to books I had read and movies I had seen, strange since I encountered unexpected things and new because both I and several of those I met compared themselves to the “old world”, i.e. Euroasia and parts of Africa.
A sense of uniqueness, admiration for an assumed freshness and difference, can be discerned in the writing of ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Lundius Tags: Crime & Justice Development & Aid Economy & Trade Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Migration & Refugees TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Mosquito that can carry Zika virus, dengue and yellow fever is discovered in Nebraska for first time
Health officials say they discovered Aedes aegypti mosquitoes - known to carry Zika virus and dengue - in York County, Nebraska, on Tuesday . It's the first time they've been seen in the state. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Yellow Fever Outbreak Claims 20 in Nigeria
[CAJ News] Abuja -Nigeria has embarked on a massive vaccination campaign following the death of at least 20 people from yellow fever southeast of the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 11, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Yellow Fever - Yankari Games Reserve to Get Aircraft Spray - Official
[Premium Times] The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSHCDA) says the state government has approved the use of an aircraft to spray the Yankari Game Reserve to fight the yellow fever vector. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 11, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
