Lagos state on high Lasaa Fever alert

The Lagos State Government has ordered close monitoring of health centres and other traditional health institutions in the 57 local councils in the state.

Lassa Fever: One doctor dies in Delta, 32 on surveillance

The Delta State Ministry of Health has confirmed another person dead and 32 others on surveillance following the reported case of Lassa fever.

Three confirmed deaths from Lassa Fever in Anambra state, Nigeria

A medical doctor and two people have died of Lassa fever in Anambra State, the director of Public Health, Anambra Ministry of Health, Emmanuel Okafor, said on Thursday.

One new case of Lassa Fever confirmed in Nnewi, Nigeria

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has  confirmed one case of Lassa Fever in a patient who presented to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, (NAUTH) Nnewi.

Exclusive: Ebola crisis movie, 93 Days, to premiere at House On The Rock Cathedral, Lagos

93 Days is based on the true story of men and women who risked their lives and made sacrifices to save Nigerians from the consequences of an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Nigeria.

Nigerians should still protect themselves from Ebola Virus and Lassa Fever

Concerned that Africa, particularly Nigeria, is still vulnerable to emerging epidemics such as the Ebola Virus Disease, Lassa fever, Zika virus and others, a public health expert based in the United States, Dr. Babajide Sadiq, has warned that government at all levels must introduce adequate steps to prevent a re-occurrence.

NDDC donates personal protective items against Lassa fever to Delta state

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has donated Lassa Fever Personal Protective items and drugs to the Delta State Government as part of its efforts to promote healthy living in the commission’s mandate states.  

Lassa Fever: UBTH doctors and nurses released after 21-day quarantine

The Management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) said in Benin on Monday that none of its medical personnel recently quarantined over Lassa Fever tested positive to the virus.

Lassa Fever: WHO calls for early diagnostic tests

Lassa fever has killed more than 160 people in West Africa, most of them in Nigeria, since November 2015. Many of these lives could have been saved if a rapid diagnostic test were available so that people could receive treatment early.