•Health workers carrying body of victim The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that although currently Nigeria has no confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), it is, nevertheless, actively strengthening surveillance, following the death of 88 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and a reported imported c...
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned that there is an exponential rise in the cases of cerebral Meningitis being recorded in the northern part of the country presently. Health experts are warning that current vaccines do not fully protect against the dominant Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C strain spreading rapidly, rep...
•Lassa fever The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says six healthcare workers were infected with Lassa fever in one week, raising fresh concerns about occupational exposure among frontline health personnel. The NCDC disclosed this today in its Lassa Fever Situation Report for Epidemiological Week 9, covering Feb. 23 to ...
•Lassa fever The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention, NCDC, today in an advisory to healthcare workers called for a heightened index of suspicion and strict compliance with Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures following a disturbing rise in Lassa fever infections among medical personnel. In a p...
•Lassa fever The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported that 172 people have died from Lassa fever across the country so far in 2025. In its latest situation report released yesterday, the agency said a total of 924 confirmed cases have been recorded as of epidemiological week 40. The figure represents […]...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued a stark warning over the country’s worsening Lassa fever epidemic, revealing a disturbing surge in infections, with 811 confirmed cases and a sharply rising death toll of 152. As of the epidemiological week 28, 11 confirmed cases and one death have been recorded in 2025, with […]...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 145 deaths from Lassa fever in 2025, as the country continues to battle the viral hemorrhagic disease across 18 states. According to the latest situation report released today by the NCDC for epidemiological week 24 (June 9–15), the country recorded 766 confirmed cases ...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says Lassa fever has claimed 127 lives across 18 states in Nigeria as of Epidemiological Week 14. According to the NCDC, Ondo, Bauchi, and Edo states account for more than 70 per cent of confirmed infections, reports NAN. In its latest weekly situation report released today, [&hellip...
•Meningitis The Gombe State Government said it has recorded three deaths from cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) as of March 27, 2025. Speaking at a media briefing at the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, Gombe State Commissioner for Health, Dr Habu Dahiru, disclosed that 70 suspected cases had been recorded across nine local government a...
•Diphtheria disease The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 1,319 deaths have been recorded in the country’s ongoing diphtheria outbreak. The NCDC said this in its latest situation report from the National Diphtheria Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) published yesterday via its official website. Diphtheria is a seriou...
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