Ebola
19 Oct 2017
Uganda has confirmed one death from Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the health minister said on Thursday.
7 Oct 2017
Some people who spoke during Thursday’s World Teachers Day celebration in Yenagoa said the precautionary measure was justified due to the anxiety created by the news of the dreaded disease on social media.
7 Oct 2017
The state Commissioner for Health, Prof Chike Princewill, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt yesterday, said three suspected cases have been identified.
6 Oct 2017
Residents of Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital, are avoiding handshakes and bodily contact in public places following the outbreak of monkeypox viral diseases which has infected 13 people including a medical doctor.
13 Sep 2017
Kenneth Madiebo isn't seeking global recognition for helping to stop the spread of Ebola in Nigeria in 2014 -- he just wants to be paid.
8 Sep 2017
More than 11,000 people died when Ebola tore through West Africa between 2014 and 2016, and yet clinicians still lack data that would enable them to reliably identify the disease when a person first walks into a clinic.
28 Aug 2017
Sierra Leone is, no doubt, passing through a very bumpy phase and the distressed nation definitely needs all the help she could garner from the international community and relevant global organisations.
24 Aug 2017
Re-emerging infectious diseases such as Lassa fever, yellow fever, Ebola, measles, chicken pox, small pox, Dengue fever, viral hepatitis, Human Immuno-deficiency Virus...
22 Aug 2017
Aluko, who has 102 caps for England and 33 goals, also spoke about the “bullying and discrimination” she alleges she was subjected to by Sampson, in interviews to the Guardian and BBC.
3 Jul 2017
The Federal Government has disclosed plans to train “public health disease detectives” to prevent epidemics.
1 Jul 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared its month Ebola outbreak over on Saturday after 42 days without recording a new case of the virus.
22 Jun 2017
Red Cross volunteers prevented a significant number of Ebola cases during the 2013-2016 epidemic in west Africa by using safe burial techniques, according to a study released Thursday.
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