Tag: Meningitis
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Lassa fever, meningitis kill 366 in 24 States – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a total of 366 deaths from Lassa fever and meningitis in 24 states of the federation.
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Suspected Meningitis outbreak kills 38 in Jigawa
No fewer than 38 persons have died of suspected Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in Jigawa, an official, have confirmed.
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Meningitis: NCDC deploys rapid response team to Jigawa, Yobe, Katsina
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has deployed a Rapid Response Team (RRT) to Jigawa, Yobe and Katsina State. Dr Pricilla Ibekwe, Head of Special Projects and Partnerships Unit at NCDC, said this on Monday in Abuja, during a Ministerial bi-weekly meeting on the update of COVID-19 response and development in the…
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Guitar god, Jeff Beck dies at age 78 after meningitis battle
English rock legend and guitar virtuoso, Jeff Beck, has died at the age of 78, in a hospital on Tuesday following a battle with meningitis, his management said. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Beck rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and afterward fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. Tributes have described him…
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Meningitis kills four in Niger
The Niger State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Mustapha Jibril, said on Wednesday that four people have died of Cerebro-spinal Meningitis (CSM) “Serotype C” in the state. He said 31 cases were reported and nine confirmed. Briefing journalists in his office in Minna, the commissioner said the four deaths were recorded in Magama local government area…
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Beware! Meningitis may soon break out again, Adewole warns Nigerians
The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has appealed to Nigerians to be on the look out for suspected cases of outbreak of meningitis, saying the country is already approaching its season. Professor Adewole made this appeal in Ibadan, Oyo State over the weekend while speaking with the members of Network of Reproductive Health Journalists…
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Meningitis: FG sets up committee to monitor 2017 Hajj pilgrims
The Federal Government has approved the deployment of surveillance officers as part of the medical mission to the 2017 Hajj pilgrimage. Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole made the disclosure during a meeting with officials of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON. He explained that the deployment was aimed at detecting and controlling any disease…
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Meningitis kills 8 in Katsina
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) has killed not less than eight people at Tsabu village in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina State, an official has said. Alhaji Nasiru Mani, the Director of Primary Health Care of the council, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Mai’adua on Thursday. Mani said the outbreak…
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Meningitis: Death toll rises to 813
The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has revealed that more than 800 people have died from the meningitis outbreak in Nigeria. Adewole, however, insisted that the disease is now spreading more slowly. “As of yesterday (Tuesday), the number of deaths stood at 813,” he told reporters in Abuja after a cabinet meeting. “As of now,…
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Meningitis: Death toll rises to 745 in 8,057 cases – FG
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, confirmed that 745 persons had died in 8,057 suspected cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis across the country since the outbreak of the disease. The government however expressed its commitment to continuing to intensify efforts to stop the deaths and further spread of the disease in the worst-hit states of Zamfara, Sokoto,…