…Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 14 new confirmed lassa fever cases in week 33, bringing cumulative infections to 1,035. The latest cases were recorded between Aug. 10 and Aug. 16, in Ondo, Bauchi, Edo and Benue states, according to the situation report made available in Abuja on Tu…

…Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported an increase in confirmed Lassa fever cases in epidemiological week 28 after a decline in week 27. This is with cumulative confirmed infections rising to 963 and deaths reaching 229 in 2026. According to the NCDC, Lassa Fever situation report released in a s…

…we will be better positioned to prevent and respond to outbreaks such as cholera, Lassa fever, Ebola, and other infectious diseases,” she said. Ogburuke noted that representatives from all 36 states and development partners were reviewing health security indicators and surveillance systems to ensure the scorecard refle…

…research programme into a broader infectious disease hub covering tuberculosis, HIV, Lassa fever and emerging viral diseases, while advocating greater investment in cancer research, genomics, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, neuroscience and precision medicine. "Every experiment we conduct and every dataset we analys…

Nigeria has recorded 214 deaths from Lassa fever in 2026, with the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) rising to 25%, according