Hepatitis is the inflammation of the liver chiefly caused by viruses but may be caused by other factors like alcohol, drugs, toxins, malaria, yellow fever and autoimmune disease. The liver is the largest organ in the body. It helps digest food, store energy and removes poisons. Viruses that cause hepatitis are named from A to […]
The Federal Government has confirmed about 1,640 suspected cases of yellow fever from across states where there have been an outbreak. Executive Secretary NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, who made this known while briefing newsmen on Monday in Abuja, also said that the World Health Organisation laboratory in Dakar, Senegal confirmed 41 cases. Dr. Shuaib noted […]
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has advocated for deliberate policies to save the lives of Nigerians from Yellow fever. The UNICEF Communications and Development Officer, Mrs Margaret Soyemi, made the call in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Abuja. Soyemi fielded questions at the end of its 5-day Yellow fever sensitisation/preventive mass vaccination […]
The Kwara state government has confirmed two cases of yellow fever in Oro-Ago axis of Ifelodun local government area of the state. The state commissioner for Health, Hon. Sulaiman Alege while confirming the development during an interview with newsmen in Ilorin, the state capital, said the two cases were identified after a laboratory analysis carried […]