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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has approved the R21 malaria vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. Director General of the Agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, said the vaccine is indicated for the prevention of clinical malaria in children from 5 months to 36 months of age. Adeyeye noted that the country expects to get at least 100,000 doses of the vaccine in donations soon before […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has recorded 846 Lassa fever cases across 99 Local Government Areas in 25 states. In its situation report the Centre revealed that the suspected cases is now 4,338 and the disease has killed at least 148 persons. According to the report, the disease has infected 39 healthcare workers in in the country. It added that the 23 new cases recorded from […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has revealed that at least 823 cases of Lassa fever were confirmed out of 4,108 suspected cases from 98 local government areas in 24 states. According to the Lassa fever epidemiological report from January to March 26, 2023, 144 persons have succumbed to the disease with a Case Fatality Ratio of 17.5 per cent. The report also showed that 38 healthcare workers have been […]
Imo State Command of the the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has urged youths to stay away from abuse of drugs as it is dangerous to their health. NDLEA Assistant State Commander, Operations and Training, Lamuwa Shehu, stated this at a Summit in Owerri, the State capital. Shehu noted that the NDLEA has been carrying out the campaign against drug abuse in rural communities and schools. The Commander added that the […]
Kenya and Uganda have increased surveillance on their borders after the Marburg virus killed five people in neighboring Tanzania. Uganda has ordered immediate screening and testing at its southern border, and health teams have also been put on high alert at border crossings. Kenya's Health Director General, Patrick Amoth, has advised members of the public to report any unusual increase in people who have a high fever and recently travelled to Tanzania. […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has announced that 676 Lassa fever cases have been recorded across 89 local government areas in 22 states of the country. NCDC made this known in its Lassa fever situation report for week nine. The report showed that the death toll has risen to 109, up from the previous 104, noting that the case-fatality ratio of the outbreak stood at 16.1 […]
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF, has warned that the number of pregnant women and nursing mothers suffering from under nutrition has increased by 25 percent in Nigeria and other African countries. According to a report by UNICEF, more than one billion women and adolescent girls suffer from under nutrition which leaves them underweight and of short stature. The report noted that most of them are in the […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has revealed that Lassa fever killed at least 85 persons in the first six weeks of 2023. According to NCDC’s weekly epidemiological report, fatality rate was at 16.0 per cent which was lower than the Rate for the same period in 2022 It stated that in week six of this year, the number of new confirmed cases decreased from 106 cases recorded in […]
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, has urged Nigerians to know their HIV status and avoid risky behaviors. Director General of the Agency, Gambo Aliyu, made this in a statement issued by the Head of Public Relations and Protocol of the agency, Toyin Aderibigbe. The statement harped on the need to reduce the trend of new HIV infection in Nigerian youths through abstinence, and the use of […]
