By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reports activating a multi-sectoral National Cholera Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), following an increase in cholera...

In a follow-up on the Lassa fever outbreak affecting several states in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reports 68 Lassa fatalities since the outbreak began in mid-December 2016 through...

Health officials in Nigeria are going out in force to vaccinate children against the very contagious viral disease, measles, with at least three states planning to vaccinate some 5 million children. In...

Kaduna state, in North-Central Nigeria, has become the 12th state to be affected by H5N1 avian influenza, according to a Nigerian Bulletin thread. A poultry farm in the Mando area was hit with the highly...