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Nigeria under attack by two epidemics

On April 4, 20207:04 amIn Health, Newsby Nwafor

What should a country that is caught between two tribulations do? Should it stick to the one that it is familiar with or should it engage the one it has never tried? Nigeria is caught between two debilitating disease epidemics – Lassa fever and coronavirus disease 2019 a.k.a COVID-19. To millions of Nigerians, Lassa fever is a “home disease”.

Last century’s epidemics more deadly than today’s

On February 3, 20203:17 pmIn Healthby Emmanuel Okogba

Before the emergence of the new coronavirus, which has sparked worldwide panic, other epidemics had struck earlier in the 21st century, but were less deadly than the previous century’s pandemics. An overview. – 21st-century epidemics – – 2013-2016: Ebola – The deadliest epidemic of the haemorrhagic fever Ebola broke out in West Africa in
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Bridging diagnostic gaps in prevention, control of epidemics in Africa

On December 30, 20181:28 pmIn Newsby vanguard

Epidemic and pandemic-prone diseases threaten public health and security because they can be responsible for high levels of death and also have a devastating impact on the economies of nations.