Ghebreyesus also called on governments to make concrete commitments to invest in expanding access to prevention, testing, treatment, vaccines and research for Tuberculosis, TB, as well...
Experts said its symptoms may develop over several hours or over a few days. This, they added , could include sudden high fever, stiff neck, severe...
The NCDC noted that the National Lassa fever multi-partner, multi-sectoral Emergency Operations Centre has been activated to coordinate the response activities at all levels.
“This outbreak in #Jigawa is a reminder that cross border surveillance work & #EPR plans are never quite done. There is also an outbreak in the...
Ahead of the projected rise of Lassa fever cases and as the country began to witness a rise in cases in the last week on November...
The agency hinted that no new healthcare worker was affected in the reporting week as National Lassa fever multi-partner, multi-sectoral Technical Working Group continues to coordinate...
Adetifa said there were arrangements for trainings of personnel for laboratory diagnosis of the toxin including testing for most of the clinical effects.
The Agency stated that a confirmed case is any suspected case with laboratory confirmation, while a probable case is any suspected case who died or absconded...
Meanwhile, a new vaccine shows promise to fight the Lassa virus. Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch have achieved success with a new vaccine...
“Though the COVID-19 protocols and restrictions have been eased, people at high risk for severe COVID-19 are advised to continue to adhere to the recommended non-pharmaceutical...