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Nigeria diphtheria outbreak: More than 1,000 suspected cases reported from 21 states

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reports a total of 377 suspected cases from seven (7) states across...

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Nigeria diphtheria outbreak update: More than 300 confirmed cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria, between week 19 (mid-May) of 2022 and week 7  (mid-February) of 2023, 724 suspected cases of diphtheria were reported from 20...

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Nigeria on alert following the announcement of the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Equatorial Guinea

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) is aware of the first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) announced in Equatorial Guinea on 13th February 2023....

Nigeria Lassa fever tally tops 500 confirmed cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the Lassa fever situation in Nigeria in 2023, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) report an additional 68 confirmed cases during the week...

Nigeria reports more than 400 suspected cholera cases in January

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reported 429 suspected cholera cases in 11 states in January 2023. The 11 states and corresponding cases include: Cross...

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Nigeria: Diphtheria death toll now 40, Only 12.5% of confirmed cases fully vaccinated

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reported in an update on the diphtheria situation that 523 suspected and 216 confirmed diphtheria cases have been reported...

Nigeria reports more than 50 Lassa fever deaths in January

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-upon the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria in 2023, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reported 1378 suspected and 361 confirmed Lassa fever cases...

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Nigeria interrupts River Blindness in Abia, Anambra, Enugu, and Imo states

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Carter Center congratulated the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health for stopping river blindness transmission in four of the country’s 36 states, protecting 18.9 million people...

Lassa fever cases rise, Nigeria activates Emergency Operations Centre

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 During the first three weeks on 2023, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a total of 244 confirmed cases with 37 deaths and a case fatality rate...

Nigeria diphtheria outbreak: 111 confirmed cases, mostly in children

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reports 111 confirmed cases since last May 2022, with 89 of the...