As Chief Medical Director at the Sokoto Noma Children’s Hospital in the northwest corner of Nigeria, Dr Shafiu Isah dedicates his days to treating children suffering from a neglected disease that few...
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Seventeen additional confirmed monkeypox cases were reported the week ending July 10, bringing the total confirmed cases in Nigeria to 101 year to date, according to The Nigerian...
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The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 21 new confirmed monkeypox (MPX) cases the week ending July 3, bringing the total confirmed cases to 84 this year to date.
The...
In September 2017,when Nigeria saw a return of monkeypox, officials reported 88 total confirmed cases, more than any year since.
In recent months, the the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has...
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Since the beginning of 2022, 1,715 cases (1,636 suspected; 79 confirmed) and 73 deaths (CFR: 4.3%) of monkeypox have been reported from eight endemic and two non-endemic African Union...
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Health authorities in Nigeria reported an additional 10 confirmed monkeypox cases in the week ending June 5 alone, bringing the total confirmed cases to 31 in 2022.
The new ten confirmed...
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reported six confirmed monkeypox (MPX) cases in May 2022, bringing the total confirmed cases to 21 this year, including...
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On May 7, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reported the first case of monkeypox in England this year, in which, contracting the virus was linked to travel to Nigeria.
The Nigeria...
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South African health authorities reported today a case of Lassa fever diagnosed in a man from KwaZulu-Natal on 12 May 2022.
The man had extensive travel history in Nigeria before...
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Since September 2017, Nigeria has continued to report sporadic cases of monkeypox (MPX). The monkeypox National Technical Working Group (TWG) has been monitoring cases and strengthening...
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