Case of Yellow Fever confirmed in Nigeria; Government starts Response
The Hon Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, confirms a case of Yellow Fever in a young girl in Oke Owa Community, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Laboratory diagnosis was carried...
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Nigeria set to vaccinate 25 million people, its biggest yellow fever campaign ever. 16 deaths recorded as Lassa fever spreads to 10 states. Senate To Enact Disease Control Law. WHO Donates 853...
View ArticleWAHO and Nigeria CDC team up to conduct a Yellow Fever Simulation Exercise in...
The West African Health Organization (WAHO), in its efforts to contribute to the capacity building of ECOWAS Member States in the area of preparedness and response to epidemics, is supporting the...
View ArticleSimEx: Fine-tuning Nigeria’s response to potential disease outbreaks
Editor’s Note: This week in Abuja the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) alongside the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the National Primary Health Care...
View ArticleDetect and Respond: How Edo State is responding to the Yellow Fever outbreak
The new Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) is alive with activity on a Monday morning in Benin City, capital of Edo State. The buzz in the room is comparable with the Oba Akenzua...
View ArticleThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Responds to Cases Of Yellow Fever in...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed four cases of yellow fever in Bauchi State. Three of the confirmed cases are residents of Alkaleri Local Government Area (LGA) and the fourth case...
View ArticleMSF: Fractioning doses of yellow fever vaccine can help save more lives...
WHO will change its guidelines to recommend using partial doses of the yellow fever vaccine during emergencies as a result of new clinical trial data NEW YORK/PARIS, JANUARY 8, 2021—Giving people a...
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