HEALTH

16 deaths recorded as Lassa fever spreads to 10 states

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2018

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) says 107 suspected cases of Lassa fever virus has been recorded in 10 states across the country. In a statement on Wednesday, the center said there the total number of confirmed cases had risen to 61 as of Sunday, with 16 deaths recorded. The

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[BREAKING] Lassa fever kills two in Imo, seven quarantined, government says

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2018

Imo State Health Commissioner, Dr. Angela Uwakwem, has said that two residents of Owerri have died of Lassa fever which has resurfaced in the state. Uwakwem, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent in Owerri on Wednesday said, “Lassa fever is in Owerri. It is confirmed.” Uwakwem said two persons died of the virus after […]

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Zika virus resurfaces in Singapore –Agency warns

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2018

The National Environment Agency’s (NEA) on Wednesday warned that the Zika virus has resurfaced in Singapore. An update published on the NEA website said that, the case, which was diagnosed and reported to authorities on Jan.18, was the first of its kind in 2018 since the disease was thought to be eradicated from the country […]

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Bill Gates Foundation to pay off Nigeria’s $76 million polio debt

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2018

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will pay off Nigeria’s $76 million debt to Japan, over a 20-year period, beginning this year, CNBC reports. The money was borrowed from the Asian country in 2014, to be used to tackle the polio disease. Gates has also acknowledged the significant strides made towards eradicating the disease globally. […]

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Disease surveillance: WHO donates 853 motorcycles to Nigeria

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2018

The World Health Organisation (WHO), in collaboration with other donor agencies, on Monday, donated 853 motorcycles to the Federal Government to strengthen diseases surveillance across the country. Dr Wondi Alemu, WHO Country Representative in Nigeria, while presenting the motorcycles to the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, in Abuja, said that surveillance was

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Unidentified man slumps, dies in Ikeja while jogging

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2018

An unidentified man has slumped and died in Ikeja area of Lagos while jogging. A statement from the Lagos State Ministry of Health on Sunday said the man died while jogging along Opebi end of the Opebi-Oregun Link Bridge on Saturday morning. Passers-by were said to have rushed him to a nearby hospital where he […]