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Lassa Fever in Nigeria

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Addressing Lassa Fever in Nigeria: The Case for Vaccines and Civil Society Engagement

By Nigeria Health Watch
February 1, 2025
6 Mins read
Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead Writers) “When a pandemic strikes, saving lives hinges on rapid vaccine development and equitable access” — David…
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Thought Leadership

Are we there yet? Leveraging the Private Sector for Lassa Vaccine R&D

By Ibukun Oguntola
November 21, 2023
6 Mins read
The search for an effective vaccine against Lassa fever has gained momentum in recent years. Currently, early supportive care and the anti-viral…
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Torchlight

Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control: Strengthening Nigeria’s Local Capacity to Lead the Lassa Fever Response

By Nigeria Health Watch
July 4, 2022
5 Mins read
By Beti Baiye and Ibukun Oguntola The driveway in the grounds of the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) is large and welcoming…
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Thought Leadership

When a Virus ‘Outstays its Welcome’: Lassa Virus found in the Semen of Survivors 9 Months after Recovery – implications for public health management

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 22, 2022
5 Mins read
Editor’s Note: In this commentary Professor Sylvanus. A. Okogbenin, the Chief Medical Director of Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, discusses the significance of…
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Thought Leadership

A tale of two diseases: COVID-19 and Lassa fever in Nigeria

By Bashar Abubakar
July 30, 2020
5 Mins read
Two hundred and nineteen (219) – That is the number of lives lost to Lassa fever between January and June 2020, according…
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Top 10 Health News

Top Ten News Items on Health, 21st February 2020

By Nigeria Health Watch
February 21, 2020
1 Mins read
No Nigerian in China infected with Covid-19 – Official. WHO, UNICEF rank Nigeria poor in child survival index. World Bank approves $2.2b…
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Press Release

Themis Bioscience and CEPI Announce Initiation of Phase 1 Clinical Trial with Lassa Fever Vaccine

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 29, 2019
4 Mins read
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) partnership will support Themis’ development and manufacturing of vaccine candidate — Vienna, Austria and Oslo, Norway,…
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Torchlight

Fighting Lassa: Five lessons from three special hospitals managing most cases of Lassa fever in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch
April 10, 2018
7 Mins read
At the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Mrs. Martha Okonofua moves around the ward with a smile. The Lassa Fever isolation ward at…
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Press Release

NCDC Intensifies Response to the Lassa Fever Outbreak

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 1, 2018
2 Mins read
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has intensified its response to the Lassa Fever outbreak as the number of confirmed Lassa…
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Thought Leadership

How “Lassa” a small Nigerian town was stigmatized by having a killer virus named after it

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 24, 2018
6 Mins read
Editor’s Note: The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has just announced a new outbreak of Lassa Fever among health care workers in…
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Press Release

Reported Cluster of Lassa Fever Among Health Care Workers in Ebonyi State

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 16, 2018
2 Mins read
On Sunday the 14th of January 2018, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) was notified of four cases of Lassa fever…
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Top 10 Health News

Top Ten News Items on Health, 25th August 2017

By Nigeria Health Watch
August 25, 2017
1 Mins read
FG mandates free treatment for women with fistula. Nigeria spends N4 billion on health interventions in North-east, Minister says. Why NHIS is not working…
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Press Release

Lassa Fever: NCDC advices on preparedness by hospitals and healthcare workers

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 16, 2017
2 Mins read
  The Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC) calls the attention of Nigerians to an increasing number of Lassa fever cases, and…
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Press Release

Press Release on activities of the NCDC towards mitigating Lassa fever in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch
December 23, 2016
3 Mins read
Lassa Fever: we are better prepared but there is no magic bullet On 20th December 2016, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…
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