Tag: yellow fever

The aid will be used by the red Cross in affected communities in Bauchi and Kastina.

At least 304 deaths have been recorded in 2019 so far. These include 145 deaths from Lassa fever, 124 from ...

Yellow Fever is vaccine-preventable and is treatable if diagnosed early.

Field epidemiologists are health professionals who work at the forefront of disease surveillance.

On Wednesday, PREMIUM TIMES reported that at least four of the people have been confirmed dead and 12 hospitalised.

The ministers have been meeting in Brazzaville on how to improve the state of health in the continent.

Ebonyi state has recorded 9 positive cases with two deaths in the current outbreak of yellow fever

The government says the virus was first detected in a local government in Ebonyi in July.

PREMIUM TIMES analyses how Nigeria fared in 2018 in the surveillance, prevention and management of six diseases.

The second phase of the yellow fever preventive mass vaccination campaign (PMVC) is going on in five states and the ...

Nigeria currently takes its samples to the WHO laboratory in Senegal for confirmation.

There are ongoing plans to begin a vaccination campaign in the state in response.

The campaign is in response to yellow fever cases reported in the country since 2017 when the first case was ...

Experts speak on measures to curb the ailment by 2016.

An ongoing campaign targets persons between nine months to 45 years old.

The predominant age group affected are 20 years and below.

The state describes the turnout as impressive.

The health minister says Nigeria has recorded ten cases this year.

A case of yellow fever was found in Kwara.

There is currently no specific anti-viral drug for yellow fever.

About four million children are expected to be immunised. The Lagos State Government has called on parents to make sure ...

Nigeria is working an international organisation to nip yellow fever in case of any eventuality.