Showing posts with label Lassa Fever; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

LASSA FEVER: NCDC Confirms 9 Deaths, 20 Cases In 7 States

A Section of the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, Nasarawa State. Image credit: Universal reporters.com
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed nine deaths and 20 cases of Lassa Fever in seven states since the beginning of the dry season in December 2016; even as it commences implementation of its plan to strengthen nationwide response capacity to anticipated Lassa Fever cases.