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By Omoyeni Ojeifo Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it is investigating two suspected cases of Ebola disease in the...
By Maryann Awuya The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded 10,193 confirmed Ebola cases and 4,960 deaths, as the country battles...
By Omoyeni Ojeifo The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Nigeria must complete a 42-day monitoring period before it can be declared...
The World Health Organization, WHO, has said Nigeria currently has no Ebola case after the evacuation of the index patient to Switzerland. The...
Omoyeni Ojeifo Nigeria’s Ebola index patient and her spouse have departed Abuja for Switzerland following an improvement in the patient’s clinical condition, the...
By Omoyeni Ojeifo The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has identified nine additional contacts linked to Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola case,...
By Omoyeni Ojeifo Despite administering over 450 million novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) doses during outbreak responses, Nigeria has yet to halt poliovirus...
By Omoyeni Ojeifo The Federal Government has ruled out cancelling planned public gatherings over Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola case for now, saying any decision...
By Omoyeni Ojeifo The Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jean Kaseya, has warned that political divisions and...
By Maryanne Awuya With Ebola cases reported in Nigeria and Kenya as the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to...
Uganda has pushed back against suggestions linking an Ebola case confirmed in Abuja to infection within its borders, saying the patient is a...
By Maryanne Awuya Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in Abuja, triggering an urgent public health response as authorities trace 44 close contacts...
By Joycelyn EllakecAdah The Federal Government and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) have called on Nigerians to adopt consistent...
By Maryanne Awuya Kenya has confirmed its eighth Ebola case, as health authorities step up efforts to contain the outbreak across the regions...
By Joycelyn Ellakeche Adah In a decisive shift aimed at ending chronic staffing deficits and facility decay across Nigeria’s grassroots health system, the...
By Omoyeni Ojeifo The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has called for deliberate action to ensure menstrual hygiene challenges do not prevent Nigerian...
