By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to investigate and curtail, spread of an unidentified disease, already killing people in Nafada Local Government Area of Gombe State, North-East Nigeria. Accordingly, the House urged the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, as a matter of emergency to urgently, deploy […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PHN), have launched a new initiative known as the Alliance for Epidemic Preparedness and Response (A4EPR) to check disease outbreaks. According to the two bodies, the aim of the initiative is to develop a formal structure for the private sector […]
West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE), the body in charge of addressing diseases of root/tuber crops, on Monday raised alarm over two emerging cassava diseases in Nigeria. Justin Pita, Executive Director of WAVE, at the second Annual General Meeting of stakeholders from the West African sub-region in Abuja, identified the two new diseases as begomovirus and […]
The Rotary Club, District 9125, Nigeria, has said that it’s working with partners and relevant stakeholders to scale up efforts towards elimination of malaria in the country. The District Governor-elect of District 9125 Nigeria, Dr. Mike Omotosho, in a statement in Abuja also said the organisation is intensifying efforts to speed up results using its […]
The Minister of State for Health, Mr. Fidelis Nwankwo has debunked the rumours of unidentified disease outbreak which is attributed to 19 deaths since 15th April 2015, out of 24 reported cases. Nwankwo further provided insights on the causes of illness and sudden deaths in two communities of Irele, Local Government Area (LGA) in Ondo State […]
The Ondo state government has confirmed the outbreak of a strange disease in Ode Irele, Irele local government area of the state, which has killed over 14 persons in the community. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr. Dayo Adeyanju confirmed the outbreak to journalists on Thursday, at a briefing in Akure, the state […]