Nigeria:   '80 Percent of People Having Lassa Fever Will Not Show Symptoms'

Daily Trust, 5 March 2013

Dr Ogugua Osi-Ogbu is Head, Department of Internal Medicine at the National Hospital, Abuja. She speaks about the Lassa fever epidemic, its mode of transmission and why it is… Read more »

Nigeria:   Man Loses Four Children to Haemorragic Fever in Kebbi

Vanguard, 4 March 2013

A disease, suspected to be Haemorrhagic fever, has killed four children of Alhaji Lawal Buhari, one time chairman of Jega Local Government Area of Kebbi State. Read more »

Nigeria:   'Lassa Fever Not Yet Established in Kebbi'

Daily Trust, 27 February 2013

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Birnin Kebbi has said that Lassa fever outbreak has not been established in the state. Read more »

Nigeria:   Ondo Lassa Outbreak Confined to One LG

Daily Trust, 14 February 2013

Outbreak of Lassa fever has been confined to a Ose local government area in Ondo state, local health workers said. Read more »

Nigeria:   Lassa Fever Marches On

Daily Trust, 11 February 2013

Lassa fever has threatened Nigeria for 44 straight years--and killed thousands of helpless people. Yet it continues to march on. Read more »

Nigeria:   Ondo Lassa Fever Confined to Single LG

Daily Trust, 11 February 2013

Outbreak of Lassa fever has been confined to a single local government area, Ose, according to local health workers. Read more »

Nigeria:   Lassa Fever - JUTH Tasks FG On Screening Centres

This Day, 9 February 2013

Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Dr. Ishaya Pam, has urged the Federal Government to establish a Lassa fever screening centre in Plateau… Read more »

Nigeria:   Fresh Outbreak of Lassa Fever

Daily Trust, 8 February 2013

A Lassa fever outbreak in Lafia, Nasarawa State, caused the death of at least one out of three infected persons. According to the Chief Medical Director of the Dalhatu Araf… Read more »

Nigeria:   Benue Records Two More Cases of Lassa Fever

Vanguard, 7 February 2013

Two weeks after Lassa Fever claimed the life of a medical doctor and two of his patients in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, two children have been admitted with the virus at the… Read more »

Nigeria:   'Nigeria Records 5,000 Deaths From Lassa Fever Yearly'

Daily Trust, 7 February 2013

About five thousand deaths occur yearly from Lassa fever while over 300,000 cases arise from the disease in Nigeria, Professor Chika Ogbonna, a consultant from the Department of… Read more »

Nigeria:   5,000 People Die of Lassa Fever Yearly - CMD JUTH

Leadership, 7 February 2013

The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Dr Ishaya Pam, has disclosed that over 5000 people die of the dreaded Lassa fever disease yearly. This… Read more »

Nigeria:   Lassa Fever Kills Over 5,000 Nigerians Annually, Says Expert

This Day, 6 February 2013

A medical consultant with the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) Professor Chika Ogbonna has said that over 5,000 persons die of lassa fever yearly and that over 300,000… Read more »

Nigeria:   Benue Records Two More Cases of Lassa Fever

Daily Trust, 6 February 2013

Two children suspected to be suffering from Lassa fever have been admitted at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) in Makurdi, Benue State. Read more »

Nigeria:   FG Donates Drugs to Tackle Lassa Fever in Nasarawa

Daily Trust, 6 February 2013

The Federal Government on Monday donated drugs to the Nasarawa State government to contain the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Read more »

Nigeria:   Two Die of Lassa Fever in Plateau

Premium Times, 30 January 2013

At least two people have died from Lassa fever in Plateau, the state Commissioner for Health, Fom Dakwak, has said. Read more »

Nigeria:   Lassa Fever Kills One in Plateau

Daily Trust, 30 January 2013

At least one person has been confirmed dead and two others taken to hospital following the outbreak of Lassa fever in Kanke local government area of Plateau State. Read more »