Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nigeria confirms new Ebola case in Lagos
Nigeria on Monday confirmed a new case of Ebola in the financial capital Lagos, bringing the total number of people in the country with the virus to 10.
Aug 11, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sierra Leone quarantines one million ahead of UN Ebola talks
Sierra Leone began a quarantine of more than one million people Thursday in the largest open-ended lockdown in the Ebola outbreak, as world leaders met to discuss the crisis at the United Nations.
Sep 25, 2014
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Biomedical technology
Researchers use international collaboration and 3D printing to stem PPE shortages in Nigeria
Researchers at the University of Sussex and their partners in Nigeria used open-source designs and 3D printing to reduce personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages for a community in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic—tells ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Nigeria moves to contain rising Lassa fever cases
Nigeria has set up an emergency response centre to contain rising cases of Lassa fever after 26 people were killed in the past three weeks, the country's disease control agency said.
Jan 27, 2022
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Meningitis epidemic threat in West Africa, but few vaccines
International health officials are scrambling, without much success, to find meningitis C vaccines as an outbreak of the child-killing disease threatens to balloon into an epidemic.
Aug 7, 2015
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Addiction
Some young Nigerians say heavy drinking is fun: Controls must keep pace with culture
Alcohol consumption has a long history in Nigeria, especially in the southern region, where it was not forbidden by religion. In the past, only adult men were culturally allowed to drink. It was taboo for young people to ...
Oct 25, 2021
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Nigeria on red alert after first Ebola death
Nigeria was on alert against the possible spread of Ebola on Saturday, a day after the first confirmed death from the virus in Lagos, Africa's biggest city and the country's financial capital.
Jul 26, 2014
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Vaccination
Nigeria receives nearly 4 million vaccines from COVAX
Nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, the third and largest delivery so far to an African country by the global COVAX initiative, which was created to ensure that low- and ...
Mar 2, 2021
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Nigeria confirms first virus case in conflict-hit Borno
Nigeria on Monday confirmed its first coronavirus infection in the insurgency-hit northeast of the country, after a medic with Doctors Without Borders died from COVID-19.
Apr 20, 2020
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Nigeria detects first case of omicron variant from October
Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it collected in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world about the variant last week, the country's national public health institute ...
Dec 1, 2021
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