The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is currently coordinating a multisectoral technical group that is assessing and managing the risk of importation of Coronavirus into the country. The information is in a public health advisory by NCDC on Wednesday. Coronavirus are viruses typically found in animals, ranging from livestock to household pets and wildlife […]

By Sola Ogundipe A total of 82 cases of Lassa fever including 14 deaths have been confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control, NCDC.   Announcing the development in its Lassa fever Situation Report (Epi Week 02: 6th – 12th January 2020, the NCDC said that a total of 255 suspected cases were recorded. The […]

Includes 3 new labs in national network By Sola Ogundipe Towards the goal of Yellow Fever elimination from Nigeria, the Federal government has announced the inclusion of three new laboratories into national yellow fever, measles, and rubella laboratory network. The three new laboratories are the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo, University of Nigeria Teaching […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has activated three laboratories to test disease outbreak samples, its Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Tuesday in Abuja. Ihekweazu, who disclosed this during a media tour of the NCDC National Reference Laboratory in Gaduwa, Abuja, said that the three new laboratories were at the University of Benin […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi National Center for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 21 suspected cases and five deaths in the recent outbreak of Lassa Fever in Benue state. Programs Officer, Risk Communications Desk, NCDC, Mrs. Hanatu Bello who made the disclosure yesterday in Makurdi said “since the beginning of the year, there have been 21 […]

By Chioma Obinna The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, yesterday announced the laboratory confirmation of 15 cases of yellow fever from the 169 clinically suspected cases recorded in Bauchi between August 29th and 11th of September, 2019. In a press statement made available to Vanguard […]

  Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of  Nigerian Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) has urged state governments to invest massively in the prevention, detection and control diseases of public health importance in their communities. Ihekweazu, made the call on Friday the sidelines of the 62nd National Council on Health(NCH) Meeting, in Asaba. The theme of the […]

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Friday, confirmed four cases of Yellow Fever in Bauchi State.

By Luminous Jannamike – Abuja Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Friday, confirmed four cases of Yellow Fever in Bauchi State.  Three of the confirmed cases are residents of Alkaleri Local Government Area (LGA) and the fourth case is a tourist who visited the Yankari Games Reserve in the same LGA. Vanguard gathered that […]

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Ebonyi Government are responding to the outbreak of yellow fever in the state, an official says.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says it has confirmed 16 new cases of Lassa fever from five states in Nigeria.

THE Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control, NCDC, has confirmed 16 deaths from 60 cases of Lassa fever even as 590 out of 593 contacts are currently under watch in eight States of the Federation since the beginning of the year.

Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said the country experienced its largest ever reported outbreak of Lassa fever in 2018 with 23 of the 36 states of the federation affected.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday announced the outbreak of yellow fever in Edo.

After two years, building the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is work in progress.