Nigeria recorded a total of 1,154 Lassa fever cases with 190 deaths this year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has said. The Director General of the agency, Dr Jide Idris, stated this today in Abuja while giving an update on the Lassa fever outbreak in the country, reports Daily Trust. He […]
•Diphtheria The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said yesterday that no fewer than 1,191 people have been killed by diphtheria from May 2023 to date across Nigeria. Dr Muzzammil Gadanya, the Incident Manager, National Diphtheria Emergency Operations Centre (NCDC), disclosed this in Kaduna during the National Intra-Action Review Meetin...
•Lassa Fever The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) recorded a rise in Lassa fever cases in week 39 of 2024, with Ondo and Edo states reporting nine new confirmed cases. The NCDC stated this on its official website, based on the latest Lassa Fever Situation Report. The agency said that this marked […]
•Mpox In a significant move to combat the escalating public health threats in Nigeria, Dr. Jide Idris, Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has declared Mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in Africa. The declaration follows a concerning rise in cases and deaths across the continent, lin...
The Kano State Government has debunked reports of cholera outbreak in the state. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) had listed Kano among the 31 states battling the disease, reports Daily Trust. But the Public Relations Officer, ministry of health, Kano, Ibrahim Abdullahi, told our correspondent today that records sho...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated its emergency centre as the death toll in the recent outbreak of the cholera reached 53 nationwide. This is according to an update today by the agency shared on its official X platform. “Following a dynamic risk assessment of the #cholera epidemiological situation which placed the [&h...
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said it has registered new cases of Lassa fever and 20 deaths across 16 states in one week. According to the NCDC, the period spanned from February 26 to March 3. The NCDC, via its official website, said that for week nine of 2024, there was an […]
•Tinubu President Tinubu today approved changes in the leadership of the health, social and welfare sectors in the federation. In press statement signed by Special Adviser to the President, Ajuri Ngelale and made available to journalists in Abuja, the president said the changes were in furtherance of his determination to bring world-class stan...
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