Lassa fever, cholera, meningitis, Covid-19 in Nigeria: The way forward
By Casmir Ifeanyi EARLY January this year, the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, predicted the outbreak of three periodic diseases in Nigeria, namely: Lassa fever, Cholera and Meningitis. Stressing that the Lassa fever scourge and other epidemics are as a result of the poor, neglected and relegated medical laboratory services structure and […]
Lassa fever kills 70 in Nigeria
…472 Confirmed Cases–NCDC By Ibrahim Hassan The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said that there were 472 confirmed cases of Lassa fever in Nigeria. The agency said 70 deaths were recorded across 92 Local Government Areas in 26 states. Assistant Director, Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Department of the NCDC, Dr. Kola Jinaidu, made […]
Lassa Fever Update: NCDC records 472 cases, 70 deaths
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 472 cases and 70 deaths of Lassa fever as at Feb. 11, 2020, Director-General of the centre, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said. He told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, while giving an update on the Lassa fever outbreak that the overall Case Fatality Rate (CFR) […]
Lassa fever kills 1,047 Nigerians
Declare national emergency now; set up interdisciplinary One-Health Committee — NAS By Sola Ogundipe & Gabriel Olawale A total of 1,047 Nigerians have died of Lassa fever since the first reported case in 1969, the Nigerian Academy of Science, NAS, has stated. The NAS is the apex and official science academy of Nigeria, established in […]
No Lassa fever patients at FUTA Health Centre ― Management
By Sola Ogundipe The Management of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, has debunked what it describes as an unfounded rumour captioned “Lassa Fever Hits FUTA Health Centre” being spread on the social media. The Deputy Director, Corporate Communication, of the institution, Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo, in a statement made noted that “The rumour is […]
Coronavirus: LASG sets up emergency prevention care committee
By Olasunkanmi Akoni As part of measures to strengthen the preparedness and response capacity to combat the possible outbreak and spread of the deadly Coronavirus and Lassa fever, the Lagos State government through the State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, has constituted a 5-man committee on Epidemic Preparedness Response Plan, EPRP, across the 57 councils of […]
