Lassa fever

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), the Federal Ministry of Health has issued public health advice as the country faces a mounting challenge with Lassa fever. READ ALSO: NCDC records 1,068 Lassa fever cases, 181…

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), said it has recorded 1,068 Lassa fever cases across 112 Local Government Areas in 28 states. READ ALSO: Lassa fever: Nasarawa State residents demands sustained sensitization…

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The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, says Lassa fever cases have steadily increased over the years, but its fatality rate has dropped from almost 100 per cent in early 2000 to 17 per cent…

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Residents of two populated suburbs in Nasarawa State, Mararaba and New Nyanya, have called on the Federal Government and relevant health authorities to create adequate awareness about the spread of Lassa fever. READ ALSO:NCDC,…

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) in collaboration with the University College of London (UCL), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in…

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Prevention has recorded 846 Lassa fever cases across 99 Local Government Areas in 25 states. The NCDC, in its week 13 situation report on Thursday, said the suspected cases are now 4,338…

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The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency says it has so far recorded 22 deaths from Lassa fever cases across the state in 2023. The Chairman of the agency, Rilwanu Mohammed disclosed this at a one-day advocacy engagement…

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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the death toll of Lassa fever in Nigeria this year has risen to 104. In its week eight, Lassa fever situation report, the NCDC said that there had been a total number of 636 confirmed…

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Kogi State has recorded six cases of Lassa fever, the Director of Disease Control in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Austin Ojotule, said in Lokoja on Friday. “As it is now, we are battling with six cases of Lassa fever in the state,…

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The number of confirmed Lassa fever cases in Nigeria rose to 244 in the first three weeks of 2023. With a record of 18 new deaths from the viral infection from January 16 to 22, the total death toll rose to 37. This report was obtained from…