HEALTH

Lassa fever: Nigerian death toll rises to 90

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2018

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has officially confirmed the death of 90 persons from Lassa fever. The situation report from NCDC for week eight, released on Friday disclosed that from January 1 to February 25, 2018, 1081 suspected cases and 90 deaths have been reported from 18

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19m babies risk brain damage annually due to lack of iodine – UNICEF

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2018

Nearly 19 million babies born globally every year are at risk of permanent yet preventable brain damage and reduced cognitive function due to a lack of iodine in the earliest years of life. A UN-backed report released on Thursday said the figure represents 14 per cent of the total global population of children, according to […]

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Edo Offsets Medical Bills Of 16 Libya Returnees

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2018

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Wednesday said that the state government has taken over the medical bills of no fewer than 16 indigent patients, including a nursing mother who recently returned from Libya. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that office of the Chief of Staff to the governor, Taiwo Akerele, took over the […]

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Nigeria Battles Record High Lassa Fever Outbreak – WHO

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2018

Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak has reached record highs with 317 laboratory confirmed cases, according to figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) this week. A statement from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday indicated that the number of confirmed cases during the past two months exceeds the total number of confirmed […]

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Meningitis kill 4 in Niger

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2018

No fewer than four persons have been confirmed dead due to the outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis “Sterotype C” in Niger State.Confirming this on Wednesday, the state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Mustapha Jibril, said 31 cases have been reported, out of which there have been nine laboratory confirmed cases.Jibril said at a press briefing in Minna […]

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Kuje parents reject measles vaccine for children, Health cordinator alleges

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2018

Some parents in Kuje Area Council, FCT, have prevented their children from receiving measles vaccination in the ongoing immunisation in the area. The Primary Health Care Coordinator of the council, Haruna Agwai, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday at Kuje According to him, some parents at Gaube, Pegi and Chibiri […]