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WHO and NCDC staff handing over some of the donated Infection prevention and control commodities to a health facility in Benue State.jpg

Benue State strengthens Lassa fever response with WHO and partners' support, as focus shifts to protecting frontline workers

Makurdi, At the Lassa fever isolation centre in Makurdi, vigilance…
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Lassa Fever Sensitization in Benue

Benue State, WHO expands Lassa Fever response with community-level outreach campaigns

Makurdi, Lassa fever continues to pose a major public health…
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Sensitization of community members on prevention and identification of Lassa fever cases in Benue state.

Stepping Up Response to Curb Infectious Diseases in Nigeria

Abuja - In Nigeria, vulnerable populations, especially those in…
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Community sensitization at one of the hot spot locality in Edo Statei.

Stakeholders shore up sensitization campaign to curb Lassa fever outbreak in Edo state 

Benin City, 24 February 2021 - Things have changed for the…
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Borno Commissioner for Health and WHO Emergency Manager Dr. Owili in a Press briefing on COVID-19 Maiduguri. Photo_WHO_C. Onuekwe.jpg

Borno closes Lassa fever outbreak, briefs Media on COVID-19

Maiduguri, 21 March, 2020 - Following concerted partners’ response,…
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L-R: the Director of Health Security and Emergencies, the Chief Medical Officer of the Mnistry of Health and Sanitation and the WHO Country Representative in Sierra Leone

Ministry of Health evaluates its emergency response capacity from lessons from the November 2019 upsurge of Lassa fever cases in Tonkolili District

In November 2019, a health care associated Lassa Fever infection in…
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Lassa fever contacts identification and line listing at UNTH Enugu by the Hospital Infectious Disease and Control Unit, and Rapid Response Teams from Enugu State (including SMOH and WHO) and Nkanu West LGA (source: Dr Ada Erinne, WHO State Coordinator)

WHO supports five countries to fight Lassa fever outbreaks

Brazzaville, 8 February 2019 – With five countries in Western…
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Trained technician at National Reference Laboratory Centre –Gaduwa, Abuja | NCDC/WHO

WHO supports improved diagnostic capacity to fast-track Lassa fever control 

Abuja, 17 July, 2018 - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)…
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WHO country Representative Dr Wondimagegnehu Alemu hands over personal protective equipment to Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu

Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak contained, but continued vigilance needed

Abuja, 10 May 2018 - With six weeks of declining numbers and…
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People wearing personal protective equipment

WHO: Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak is slowing, but remains a concern

26 MARCH 2018 | ABUJA, NIGERIA – After nearly 400 confirmed…
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