Tag: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

He added that the state government had released N30 million to purchase drugs and other consumables for the responsive activity ...

“The affected age group is primarily 21 to 30 years, with a male-to-female ratio of 1:0.8."

The NCDC stated that Lassa fever is preventable and encouraged Nigerians to stay informed and take action to protect themselves ...

When left untreated, Noma kills between 70 and 90 per cent of those affected, while survivors are left with varying ...

The disease is spreading fast in Borno, Bauchi and Kano States.

"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of our colleague,” MSF says in its Twitter handle

According to the study, giving a person one-fifth of the vaccine dose is safe.

Nearly 900,000 people are expected to receive the vaccine from the GAVI- funded stockpile.

In 2010, an unprecedented outbreak of lead poisoning was discovered in Zamfara, in which no fewer than 400 children died.

Four cases have been confirmed in the city’s Wangata neighbourhood.

So far 23 people have reportedly died from the disease in the country