The case fatality rate (CFR) increased to 19.4 per cent compared to 17.5 per cent during the same period in 2024, reflecting a higher mortality rate.Nigeria has recorded a decrease in Lassa fever ...

The resurgence of Lassa fever in Nigeria has sparked concern, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in confirmed Lassa fever cases for the fourth ...

Nigeria has experienced outbreaks of yellow fever, meningitis, cholera, Lassa fever and COVID-19 ... malaria preventive ...

Hands should be washed thoroughly with soap and water, as hand gels alone are not sufficient. Pregnant women should seek medical advice if they experience fever, flu-like symptoms, or believe they may ...

Pregnant women should seek medical advice if they experience fever, flu-like symptoms, or believe they may have been exposed to an infection from a farm environment. Farmers and livestock keepers ...

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has initiated a sensitisation campaign in Yobe to educate communities on cerebrospinal meningitis, lassa fever, and cholera. Speaking during the campaign in ...

The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IVHN) has built and equipped a laboratory for lassa fever testing at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Akure, the Ondo State capital. Suspected cases of ...