The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has confirmed a total of 168 deaths, including 17 probable, due to Lassa fever between January and August 2024. This represents a case fatality rate of 17.1 per cent out of the 7,973 suspected cases reported across 127 local government areas in 28 states. In its latest update, the agency revealed …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said that the country has recorded at least 67 confirmed cases of Mpox out of 1,031 suspected cases across 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory. States with confirmed cases include Bayelsa (6), Cross River (5), Benue (4), Plateau (4), Delta (4), FCT (3), Imo (3), Lagos (3), Rivers (2), Abia …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that there are 55 cases of monkeypox (Mpox) in Nigeria. The centre made this known via its official website, noting that 55 cases were confirmed from the 935 suspected cases across 39 local government areas in 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The agency stated that no …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced that the country has recorded a total of 40 confirmed cases of mpox out of 830 suspected cases. NCDC Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, made this announcement at the Joint NCDC/World Health Organisation National Mpox briefing with stakeholders and partners in Abuja. The WHO Nigeria Country Office disclosed that Nigeria …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has unveiled an Integrated Disease Testing and Surveillance Laboratory for Malaria, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), and other infectious diseases. The NCDC’s Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, during the unveiling at the NCDC Central Public Health Laboratory in Yaba, Lagos, said that the laboratory was aimed at strengthening the fight against diseases of public health …

The recent passage of the North Central Development Commission (NCDC) Establishment bill into law by the Nigerian Senate has garnered public praise, and commendation for its potential to significantly enhance socio-economic development in the region. The North Central People’s Forum (NCPF), expressed satisfaction with the passage of the bill, describing it as a highly laudable landmark. NCPF stated that the …

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Sunday, disclosed that 25 cases of severe gastroenteritis confirmed to be caused by cholera were reported at Kirikiri Medium Security Prison. The development was against the claim by the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Wednesday, 26 June 2024, that the custodial centres nationwide were free of cholera. The NCoS spokesman, …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on Tuesday activated a national cholera emergency centre, following the outbreak of the disease in the country. It also said 53 deaths and 1,528 suspected cholera cases were recorded across 31 states and 107 local government areas, with a case fatality rate of 3.5 per cent since the beginning of 2024. …

No fewer than 202 lives were lost to Lassa fever and cholera in the past six months, according to data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The NCDC stated that the country recorded 6,704 suspected Lassa fever cases and 162 deaths across 125 local government areas in 28 states, while the death toll from the …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has alerted the public to the increasing cholera cases in the country. It advised people to be more health conscious especially as the rains intensify. The centre revealed that between 1 January and last Tuesday, 1,141 suspected cases of cholera were recorded while 65  were confirmed. Of the 65 cases, 30 …