Twenty-two persons died from the Lassa fever outbreak in Bauchi state in 2023. This was confirmed by the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA) The agency’s chairman, Rilwanu Mohammed, disclosed this at a one-day advocacy engagement meeting with traditional and religious leaders on preventing infectious diseases on Thursday in Bauchi. The chairman, represented…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has confirmed that the death toll of Lassa fever in Nigeria so far this year has risen to 142. In its eleventh week Lassa fever situation report, the NCDC said there had been a total of 784 confirmed cases recorded from 23 states and 97 local…
The World Health Organisation has predicted that the ravaging COVID-19 virus may likely end as a public health emergency in 2023. The Director General of the Organisation, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus disclosed this at a virtual media briefing on Friday, March 17. Recall that COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency of international concern on January…
In what will come across as a really scary development, an outbreak of diphtheria infection has claimed 61 lives in Kano State as of March 2, 2023, The PUNCH reports. The Kano State Case Manager, Dr Salma Suwaid, disclosed this on Monday at a webinar organized by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention…
Andrey Botikov, a top scientist was found dead in his Moscow apartment yesterday. His death which was considered suspicious is being looked into by Russia’s investigative committee Botikov, known as one of the 18 scientists who worked on the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in 2020, was identified as the man who had been strangled to…
Reports have shown that Nigeria has recorded over 10, 000 new cancer cases in just one month. The cases were recorded since the beginning of this year, the founder of the Medicaid Cancer Foundation and Kebbi State First Lady, Zainab-Shinkafi Bagudu, has said. Mrs Bagudu spoke on Thursday in Abuja during the launch of the…
Ten more cases of Lassa fever has been confirmed in Edo state, raising the total number of confirmed persons in the state to 81, with eight deaths. Briefing journalists in Benin City at the weekend, the Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria, said the ten new cases were confirmed in five local councils…
Following the resurgence of COVID-19 across different countries, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 42 additional COVID-19 infections in the country in two weeks. The health agency revealed that Lagos State recorded 27 cases, while Edo, Kano, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory contributed the remaining figure. The…
Uganda has declared the end of Ebola outbreak in the country after it claimed the lives of 55 people. Uganda’s government and the World Health Organization made the announcement Wednesday. Health Minister Ruth Aceng told journalists that no new cases had been registered in the past 42 days. “We have successfully controlled the spread of…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has disclosed that if the federal government do not meet its demands, it will embark on a nationwide strike. The group conveyed its decision in a letter to the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire on Monday January 9, and signed by its president, Dr Emeka Innocent Orji….