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                  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the World Health Organisation in Nigeria (WHO Nigeria) and other partners, the NCDC has announced the end of the emergency phase of the 2019 Lassa fever outbreak. The Director General (DG) of NCDC, Dr. …

Bukola Afeni The World Health Organization has scaled up its efforts to support five countries in West African Africa reporting Lassa Fever outbreak. The Regional Emergencies Director at WHO Regional Office for Africa, Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall, said the body is working with the health authorities in the five-affected countries …

      Bukola Afeni   Following the epidemiological review by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the World Health Organisation, the ministry of health said that the emergency phase of the Lassa fever outbreak is over. While making the announcement in Abuja ,the minister of health ,Professor Isaac …