Lassa fever: Never handle rats with bare hands, dead or alive, NMA warns
…explains preventive measures By Hassan Zaggi Following the ongoing outbreak of Lassa fever in the country and the resultant and deadly effect, the Nigeria Medical...
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Pneumonia kills 800,000 Children yearly-Minister
By Hassan Zaggi The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed that 800,000 children die annually as a result of Pneumonia related deaths. Concerned...
Lassa: NSG on early preventive measure quarantine 1 victim
From Francis Nansak ,Lafia Quick preventive measure by the Nasarawa state government has been instituted across Tertiary and secondary health care facilities, towards averting the...
Lasa Fever : One dead, Two Positive Cases Identify in Kogi
From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja. The Head of Clinical Services (HCSs), Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja, Dr. Bernard Ododo has confirmed three cases of Lassa fever...
Lassa fever: 57 persons place under surveillance in Rivers
…As Rivers resident dies of disease in Edo From Blessing Ibunge, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of a...
Lassa Fever: 3 die, 292 under watch list in Kano
From Maduabuchi Nmeribeh, Kano Kano state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa on Wednesday confirmed the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state, with...
Suspected lassa fever kill two doctors, pregnant woman in Kano
From Maduabuchi Nmeribeh, Kano A pregnant woman and two Doctors have died at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) over health complications suspected to be Lassa...
How FG got $890m from Global Fund to tackle TB, HIV, Malaria in 3yrs
By Hassan Zaggi The Federal Government of Nigeria has secured a grant of $890m from the Global Fund to tackle Tuberculosis (TB), HIV and Malaria....
Albendazole tablet did not kill 5-year old boy in Ebonyi, says NAFDAC
By Hassan Zaggi National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has explained that a 5-year old boy, Jerome Nwome, an indigene of...
Kano taskforce intercepts 145 carton of expired, illicit drugs worth over N150m
From Maduabuchi Nmeribeh, Kano Kano state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa on Thursday disclosed that the Joint State Taskforce on Fake and Counterfeit...