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Mpox: Whither lessons from Ebola outbreak?
As 2024 unfolds Nigeria finds itself at a critical juncture in its public health journey as a major health challenge emerged. Monkeypox, otherwise known as Mpox. The zoonotic illness caused by the monkeypox virus primarily transmits from animals to humans, but human-to-human transmission is also possible, particularly in dense urban settings. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC)…
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Unveiling Nigeria’s epidemic preparedness beyond headlines
In the lush fields of Nasarawa State, 43-year-old Mrs. Mariamu Jubril was tirelessly nurturing crops that sustained her family. However, a silent battle raged—one that would test her resilience. Jubril recounts how it all began with a persistent fever accompanied by bone aches and fatigue, which she initially dismissed as a common sickness. “However, as days stretched into weeks, my…
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World Health Day: First lady advocates health equity for Nigerians
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has urged all Nigerians to join the call to ensure “Health for All” across the country. In her message on Sunday in Abuja to commemorate 2024 World Health Day (WHD), the first lady highlighted the significant progress made in the nation’s healthcare sector. This year’s WHD theme is ” Health for All, Health Equity.’…
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Africa
AHF Salutes Uganda on Ebola Response Win
KAMPALA, Uganda: AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global HIV/AIDS organization, hailed today the Government of Uganda’s heroic efforts in successfully controlling the Ebola Sudan virus (a rare strain of the virus) outbreak, after Uganda’s Minister for Health, Dr Jane Aceng, officially declared the nation Ebola-free during a ceremony to mark the end of the outbreak. This declaration comes after the East African…
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WHO Declares End To Second Ebola Outbreak In Guinea
The World Health Organization on Saturday officially announced the end of Guinea’s second Ebola outbreak which was declared on February 14. “I have the honour of declaring the end of Ebola in Guinea”, WHO official Alfred Ki-Zerbo said at a ceremony in the southeastern Nzerekore region where the disease resurfaced at the end of January 2021. It was the second…
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Pay protest: Congolese health workers tone down response
Health workers responding to the coronavirus outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital have cut their services to a minimum in protest against unpaid bonuses, they said on Tuesday. In a letter to the prime minister, an association of health workers demanded four months of bonuses, increased pay and government support for family members of colleagues who died from COVID-19.…
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Ebola: outbreak in East Congo no longer emergency – WHO
The World Health Organization said on Friday that the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that was declared over on Thursday no longer constitutes an international public health emergency. The WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern last July, about a year after it was first detected. The epidemic, the second-largest on record, saw…
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WHO declares 10th Ebola outbreak over in DRC
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared 10 Ebola outbreak in the East Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over, after almost two years of struggle. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, disclosed this on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO. “The 10th Ebola outbreak in DRC was declared over today! “Here is a look back over the journey…
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Ebola: DR Congo announces fresh cases
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in the country’s northwest, just weeks before they hoped to declare the end of another Ebola epidemic in the country’s east. The appearance of the deadly disease on the other side of the vast country comes as an added blow as the DRC attempts…
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Congo DR Begins 42-day Countdown Towards Expelling Ebola
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has started a 42-day countdown to end Ebola in the country, the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO),Tedros Ghebreyesus, has said. Ghebreyesus, who stated this in a statement posted on WHO website, said there was continued hope to end the virus. “The last person who was being treated for Ebola in the DRC recovered…
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Ebola: World Bank Excludes Nigeria From $105m West African Fund
The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $105m grant to finance Ebola-containment efforts in West African countries infected with the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease. A statement issued by the bank in Washington on Wednesday to announce the development, however, excluded Nigeria as a beneficiary of the fund. The bank said the fund would help families and…
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Obama to deploy 3,000 troops as Ebola crisis worsens
The United States announced on Tuesday it will send 3,000 troops to help tackle the Ebola outbreak as part of a ramped-up plan, including a major deployment in Liberia, the country where the epidemic is spiralling fastest out of control. The U.S. response to the crisis, to be formally unveiled later by President Barack Obama, includes plans to build 17…
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Ebola: Liberia ‘Sacks Two Ministers, 8 Others For Alleged Insensitivity
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has announced the sacking of 10 government officials who have been “out of the country without an excuse” amid a national Ebola crisis. Sirleaf said the officials had shown “insensitivity to our national tragedy and disregard for authority”. The 10 were given a one-week ultimatum more than a month ago to return home. Sierra Leone,…
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Ebola: Nigerian doctors reject resumption date for schools
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)has rejected the new school resumption date of September 22 as directed by the Federal Government instead of October 13. The Association suggested that all schools in the country should remain closed till all the people under surveillance for Ebola are certified healthy and free of the deadly virus. The national secretary-general of the association, Dr.…
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Ebola: Nigeria confirms 18 cases, 8th patient discharged
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has given an update of the status of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria. 1. Total number of confirmed cases of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria is now eighteen (18). The 18th confirmed case is the sister of the late Port Harcourt doctor. 2. Total number of cases successfully managed and discharged is now eight…
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Ebola: Private Schools defy Nigeria’s order on closure
Apparently challenged by the financial implications of the Federal government’s order, private schools have devised alternative methods of keeping their schools opened for business. Before the formal announcement by the country’s Education Minister, Shekarau most schools had commenced the under guise of ‘Summer Classes” and intends to keep to it until the formal resumption in October, 2014. It is common knowledge…
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WHO pulls staff from Sierra Leone Ebola lab after doctor infected
The World Health Organization has withdrawn staff from a laboratory testing for Ebola at Kailahun in eastern Sierra Leone after one of its medical workers there was infected during the worst ever outbreak of the disease, a WHO spokesperson said. “It’s a temporary measure to take care of the welfare of our remaining workers,” WHO spokesperson Christy Feig told Reuters.…
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