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NIMR unveils ‘homegrown’ diagnostic kits for Lassa fever, yellow fever

    NIMR unveils ‘homegrown’ diagnostic kits for Lassa fever, yellow fever

The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has launched diagnostic kits for detecting Lassa fever and yellow fever. The diagnostic kits were launched on Friday, at an unveiling ceremony held

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Nigeria to benefit from €22.8m CEPI funding for Lassa fever vaccine trial

    Nigeria to benefit from €22.8m CEPI funding for Lassa fever vaccine trial

 fever vacc Nigeria is among the three countries to benefit from the opportunity, according to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), which provided the funding alongside the European &

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West Africa’s first vaccine trial for Lassa fever begins in Ghana

    West Africa’s first vaccine trial for Lassa fever begins in Ghana

At last, West Africa could have its first indigenous vaccine for Lassa fever. INOVIO, a biotechnology company, has announced that a Phase 1B clinical trial for INO-4500, its DNA vaccine

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INVESTIGATION: How extortion, inadequate PPEs sabotage Nigeria’s fight against Yellow fever, Lassa fever amid COVID-19

    INVESTIGATION: How extortion, inadequate PPEs sabotage Nigeria’s fight against Yellow fever, Lassa fever amid COVID-19

To ascertain Nigeria’s response to Yellow fever and Lassa fever amid the coronavirus pandemic, JAMES OJO went undercover to Enugu and Ondo — two of the country’s worst-hit states. In

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Commissioner: Lassa fever has killed more people than COVID-19 in Ondo

  Commissioner: Lassa fever has killed more people than COVID-19 in Ondo

Jibayo Adeyeye, acting commissioner for health in Ondo, says in spite of the fatalities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Lassa

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19 die of Lassa fever in Bauchi

  19 die of Lassa fever in Bauchi

Rilwanu Mohammed, chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA), says 19 people have died of Lassa

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Lassa fever ‘deadlier than COVID-19’

  Lassa fever ‘deadlier than COVID-19’

Rilwanu Mohammed, chairman of Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA), says Lassa fever is deadlier than COVID-19. Mohammed said

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Kogi: We didn’t spend N7bn to construct COVID-19 isolation centre

  Kogi: We didn’t spend N7bn to construct COVID-19 isolation centre

The Kogi state government has denied the rumour that it spent N7 billion naira to construct an isolation centre for

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GOOD NEWS: Lassa fever ‘no longer a national emergency’

  GOOD NEWS: Lassa fever ‘no longer a national emergency’

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared an end to the emergency phase of the Lassa fever outbreak

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Bauchi has recorded 19 Lassa fever deaths in 2020, says deputy gov

  Bauchi has recorded 19 Lassa fever deaths in 2020, says deputy gov

Baba Tela, Bauchi deputy governor, says the state has recorded 19 deaths from Lassa fever since January. Speaking at a

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