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World Meningitis Day: Not less than 50 deaths in Nigeria, 15 states affected, in 2019

AS today marks the World Meningitis Day, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is remembering the disease that...

Nigeria to host first international conference on Lassa fever

The National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed that the Nigerian government is set to host the first...
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Yellow fever outbreak in Edo as FG commences vaccination

ABOUT nine patients have tested positive to Yellow Fever in Edo State, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). This...

Hepatitis B: Common, deadly but receives low attention in Nigeria

KHADEEJAH was in her final year at Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State in 2015, when she had fever and cough....
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Cholera outbreak: Yobe State records over 900 cases, 61 deaths

AN outbreak of cholera has claimed 61 lives in Yobe State while 906 people have been infected with the disease.  Commissioner...

Meningitis Death Toll Rises To 1,069

Children between ages of 9 and 12 were most affected by the disease which took its worst hit between the 14th and 15th weeks of its outbreak.
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