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		<title>Lassa Fever Outbreak Confirmed in Taraba State as NYSC Member Tests Positive</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ifeanyi Nwagboso]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2024 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Human Services in Taraba State, Zirra Mathias Bubanani, has officially confirmed an outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state. This confirmation comes after an NYSC member from the Damare orientation camp tested positive for the virus. The confirmation follows an investigation conducted on a sample taken [...]</p>
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		<title>The Current Lassa Fever Outbreak In The State Will Be Contained &#8211; Abia State</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 22:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Abia State government has announced an outbreak of Lassa Fever in Olokoro community, Umuahia South council area, revealing that a 28-year-old man recently died of the disease. Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Health, Chief Egbulefu Eze spoke about the outbreak at a news conference and dismissed fears of a potential epidemic. According to him, the [...]</p>
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		<title>Lassa Fever Will Cease To Exist Soon &#8211; Rochas Okorocha</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Gov. Rochas Okorocha has said three persons had died of Lassa fever while seven others were hospitalised. He expressed regret over the disease and the cautioned citizens against unhygienic habits and body contact. “This morning, we woke up to hear from relevant agencies that Lassa fever has killed three people while seven others are hospitalised. [...]</p>
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		<title>Lassa Fever Can Be Curbed &#8211; Rochas Okorocha</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 19:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Gov. Rochas Okorocha has said three persons had died of Lassa fever while seven others were hospitalised. He expressed regret over the disease and the cautioned citizens against unhygienic habits and body contact. “This morning, we woke up to hear from relevant agencies that Lassa fever has killed three people while seven others are hospitalised. [...]</p>
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		<title>Lassa Fever: Governor Obaseki releases N100m for 4 Dialysis Machines, PPEs, Ventilators, Others</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Niky Adeowo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 20:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the immediate release of N100 million as first tranche payment for the procurement of four dialysis machines, ventilators, Personal Protective Equipment, drugs and other consumables required for the treatment of Lassa Fever patients. The governor has issued 24-hour procurement deadline. Obaseki’s order followed report of the rising number of Lassa Fever patients [...]</p>
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		<title>The Mortality Rate From Lassa Fever Is Too High &#8211; Rochas Okorocha</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 21:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Gov. Rochas Okorocha has said three persons had died of Lassa fever while seven others were hospitalised. He expressed regret over the disease and the cautioned citizens against unhygienic habits and body contact. “This morning, we woke up to hear from relevant agencies that Lassa fever has killed three people while seven others are hospitalised. [...]</p>
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		<title>Late Aisha Jimoh’s Sister Has Started Showing Lassa Fever Symptoms &#8211; Saka Audu</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Kogi Government said on Tuesday that a sister to late Aisha Jimoh, who died of Lassa fever on Monday, has started showing symptoms suggestive of haemorrhagic (Lassa) fever. Dr Saka Audu, who confirmed this to newsmen in Lokoja, said that unfortunately, the victim was one of the 15 persons that had contact with Aisha [...]</p>
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		<title>Miss Aisha Jimoh Dies Of Lassa Fever In Edo State</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The ill lady in Kogi, Miss Aisha Jimoh, who was confirmed to have contracted the dreaded Lassa fever has been pronounced dead. A brother to the deceased, Mr Asipita Jimoh said Aisha, 18, died in the early hours of Monday at the Irua General Hospital in Edo, where she was receiving treatment. “We lost our [...]</p>
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		<title>Lassa Fever Should Not Make Nigerians Panic &#8211; Chris Bode</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 21:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Three health workers of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) have tested positive for Lassa fever infection. The Chief Medical Director of LUTH, Prof. Chris Bode, confirmed this recently. Bode said, &#8220;Three of the persons who had symptoms have been admitted to the Isolation Ward and are receiving treatment at the Isolation Ward. They are [...]</p>
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		<title>Osun State sets Hygiene Standards high to prevent Lassa Fever</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wale Adebayo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Osun State Government has called on the people of the state to be vigilant and maintain the highest hygiene standard possible in the light of current reported cases of Lassa Fever in some states in the South West such as Lagos and Ogun. In a statement signed by the Media Adviser to the Governor, Mr. [...]</p>
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		<title>Enugu State Gather Drugs To Prevent Lassa Fever</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 13:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Enugu State Ministry of Health, on Monday, said it had kept drugs and other consumables to ensure any possible Lassa fever outbreak in the state is immediately eradicated. “Our 86 disease surveillance officers and some community health informants had gone through the intervention simulation as well as the case definition training two weeks ago. [...]</p>
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		<title>Lassa Fever Alarm In Borno State Was False &#8211; Haruna Mshelia</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Mr Haruna Mshelia, the Borno State Commissioner for Health, on Thursday said that one suspected case of Lassa fever was recently reported in the state. Mshelia told newsmen in Maiduguri, that the case was reported in Zabarmari community of Jere local government area of the state. “The patient was discharged after medical examination certified him [...]</p>
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		<title>Suspected Lassa Fever Patient Under Medical Observation In Ogun State</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A 22-year-old man in Abeokuta, who has allegedly contacted Lassa Fever, is under medical observation at the State General Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta. The patient, whose name was not mentioned, was said to have returned from a trip to Lagos when he succumbed to the symptoms. He said the patient had been placed under watch. “He [...]</p>
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		<title>Sunday Yerumoh Confirms 2 Lassa Fever Cases In Edo State</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 15:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Director of Primary Health Care in Akoko-Edo Local Government Council of Edo, Dr Sunday Yerumoh, on Monday confirmed two cases of Lassa fever in the locality. Yerumoh made the confirmation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Igarra, the administrative headquarters of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area. He revealed that the [...]</p>
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		<title>Lassa Fever Kills 2 In LUTH</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Two Nigerians have reportedly died from Lassa fever while receiving treatment at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). The story first broke out when Twitter user, @SeunOgungbure, posted with his account, &#8220;There&#8217;s an outbreak of Lassa Fever in LUTH. Two dead and a Medical Officer is critically ill at the moment.&#8221; Mr Seun, who is [...]</p>
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		<title>5 Cases Of Lassa Fever Confirmed In Ondo State</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 22:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In Ondo State, five people have been reportedly infected with the deadly Lassa fever. this was confirmed by the Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr. Taye Oni, who spoke with journalists in Akure on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Oni confirmed that the disease had affected two people in Owo Local Government and [...]</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 22:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Ondo State Government on Thursday called on residents to improve on their personal and environmental hygiene to prevent further spread of Lassa fever. The Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Health, Dr Taiye Oni, made the call in a statement made available to newsmen on in Akure. “Following the outbreak of Lassa fever [...]</p>
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		<title>Ondo State Government Mobilises Residents Against Lassa Fever</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Ondo State Government on Thursday called on residents to improve on their personal and environmental hygiene to prevent further spread of Lassa Fever. The Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Health, Dr Taiye Oni, made the call in a statement made available to newsmen on in Akure. “Following the outbreak of Lassa fever [...]</p>
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		<title>Enugu State Adopts Media Strategy To Curb Meningitis, Lassa Fever</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2017 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Enugu State Government has launched radio and television jingles to sensitise residents of the state on prevention of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) and Lassa fever. The state Director of Public Health, Dr Okechukwu Ossai, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Friday that the jingles are currently running on the state-owned [...]</p>
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		<title>Succour for Lassa Fever Patients as Ebonyi State Commissions State-of-the-Heart Diagnostic and Treatment Centre</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ade Adewale]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2017 11:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>September 5, 2016 will live on our collective memories. It was one of the unforgettable moments that made both headlines and history across the world. It was a defining moment for the state. On that day, the name &#8220;Ebonyi&#8221; was elevated into national significance and prominence. For a people who were noted for their timidity, [...]</p>
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		<title>Kwara State  Earmarks N222m For Lassa Fever Prevention</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2017 03:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Kwara Government on Thursday confirmed that there was no outbreak of Lassa fever in all its 16 local government areas. The state Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Atolagbe Alege, made the confirmation in llorin in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that the state government had put in place adequate [...]</p>
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		<title>Nigeria&#8217;s Health Minister Inaugurates Ebonyi’s N350m Lassa Fever Centre</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ade Adewale]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2016 08:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The N350 million Lassa Fever Virology Diagnostic and Treatment Centre built by the Ebonyi State Government has been inaugurated by the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole. Adewole, who was in company with his Agriculture counterpart, Chief Audu Ogbeh and Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi, during the ceremony, said he was excited that a state [...]</p>
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		<title>Medical Doctor Dies Of Lassa Fever At NAUTH</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A medical doctor has died of Lassa fever at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, the management has confirmed. The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Anthony Igwegbe, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Awka that it was the first recorded case of Lassa fever handled by the hospital. Igwebe [...]</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2016 01:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Alhaji Suleiman Alege, the Commissioner of Health in Kwara, on Friday said the state had not recorded any case of Lassa fever. He attributed the feat to the efforts and contributions of health workers across the state. The commissioner made the statement in Ilorin South at the commencement of a four-day immunisation campaign against polio [...]</p>
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		<title>Kaduna State Confirms Three Dead In Fresh Outbreak</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 11:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Lassa Fever has killed a medical doctor, nurse and a heavily pregnant woman in a fresh outbreak in Kaduna State, Commissioner for Health, Professor Andrew Nok has confirmed. He said the three people were killed by Lassa fever in a private hospital in Zonkwa, Southern part of Kaduna state. Professor Nok while giving explanation said [...]</p>
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		<title>Woman Test Positive To Lassa Fever In Ogun</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A 28-year-old woman in Ogun State has tested positive to Lassa fever, the Commissioner for Health, Babatunde Ipaye has said. Ipaye made the disclosure on Thursday, February 4, 2016, at a news briefing in Abeokuta, the state capital. “The case is a 28-year-old woman, an indigene of the state. She travelled to Ebonyi State on [...]</p>
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		<title>Sokoto State Govt Increase Surveillance To Curtail Lassa Fever</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Sokoto State Government on Wednesday said it had intensified surveillance across the state as part of efforts to curtail the spread of Lassa fever. &#8220;Despite initial apprehension of a possible case of the deadly disease in the state, the government said three suspected cases earlier been taken to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) [...]</p>
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		<title>Lassa Fever Kills Male Nurse In Lafia</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A male nurse at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, Mr Oshafu Ibrahim, who treated the index case of Lassa fever outbreak in Nasarawa state, has died of the disease. The Chairman of the state’s Rapid Response Task Force from the Ministry of Health, Dr Ibrahim Adamu, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) [...]</p>
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		<title>Lassa Fever Could Kill 1000 Nigerians – Isaac Adewole</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 01:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has reportedly warned that the current Lassa fever outbreak could kill 1000 Nigerians if not urgently checked. He also described the outbreak as a national embarrassment while urging health practitioners not to hide cases in their respective states, ThisDay reports. Professor Adewole made the disclosure in Abuja on [...]</p>
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		<title>We’ll Eradicate Lassa Fever By April &#8211; Professor Isaac Adewole</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 01:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has said that the federal government will eradicate Lassa fever from Nigeria by April 2016. Adewole made the comment on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 during an interview with Punch. “We want to assure Nigerians that Lassa fever will soon become a thing of the past. It will become [...]</p>
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		<title>Lassa Fever: Senator Oduah Urges Nigerians To Maintain Clean Environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Princess Stella Oduah, the Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, has called on Nigerians to cling to Caution against the fast spreading Lassa Fever.   She urged them to imbibe the culture of maintaining a clean environment to avoid further spread of the Lassa Fever as already reported in various states of the Federation.    [...]</p>
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		<title>LUTH Confirms Death Of Lassa Fever Patient</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2016 18:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>here are reports that the spread of Lassa Fever has reached Lagos following the tale of the death of a patient in Abuja. According to a report by Punch Newspaper, a suspected Lassa fever patient had died on Friday evening, Janaury 15, 2016 at the State House Clinic in Abuja. The patient, a male, who [...]</p>
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		<title>Kebbi State Govt Adopts Proactive Measures</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2016 18:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Kebbi State Government says it has adopted proactive measures against the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Alhaji Kabiru Alhasan, the state Director of Public Health, made this known in Brinin Kebbi on Sunday. Alhassan said that drugs and medical services as well as establishment of emergency reform teams had been provided. He [...]</p>
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		<title>National Hospital Designates Isolation Wards For Lassa Fever</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 20:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The National Hospital, Abuja (NHA) says the hospital has designated isolation wards for the management of suspected Lassa fever outbreak in the FCT and its environs. Dr Olutayo Haastrup, spokesperson of the hospital, said on Friday in Abuja. Haastrup said the hospital had prepared four isolation wards and instituted standard precaution in handling any outbreak. [...]</p>
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		<title>Wellbeing Foundation Africa creates Awareness on Lassa Fever in Pregnancy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ade Adewale]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>With the recent outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) has taken rapid steps to elevate awareness of this deadly disease and its prevention. Having already claimed at least 41 lives of the nearly hundred reported cases in at least 10 states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Wellbeing Foundation [...]</p>
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		<title>Lassa Fever’s Death Toll Keeps Rising</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Federal Government says Lassa fever has claimed 41 lives from 93 reported cases in 10 states of the country. ThEinfostride recalls that the federal government on Friday put the death toll at 40 out of 86 reported cases of Lassa fever outbreak in same 10 states. The number of the suspected cases also rose [...]</p>
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		<title>Edo State Confirms Six Cases Of Lassa Fever</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Edo Government has confirmed recording six cases of Lassa fever in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Aihanuwa Eregie, told newsmen in Benin on Monday that the cases were confirmed at the Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Hospital, Edo. &#8220;Among the six cases, one is from Plateau while the [...]</p>
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		<title>&#8216;No Case Of Lassa Fever In Benue&#8217; &#8211; Medical Directors</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 01:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Makurdi, Dr Peteru Inunduh, on Saturday said that there was no case of Lassa fever in the hospital. In the same vein, his counterpart at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Prof. Abraham Malu, said the hospital had yet to record any case of [...]</p>
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		<title>Cross River State Government Ready To Contain Lassa Fever &#8211; Director</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2016 22:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Cross River Government has said that it was ready to contain any possible outbreak of Lassa fever in the State. The Director of Public Health in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Sunny Omini, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Calabar on Friday. He said the department [...]</p>
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		<title>Minister Of Health Confirms Spread Of Lassa Fever</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2016 22:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Professor Isaac Adewole, Minister of Health has confirmed the spread of Lassa Fever across 10 states in the past 6 weeks and also stated that 40 people have been confirmed dead. The states affected include Bauchi, Nasarawa, Niger, Taraba, Kano, Rivers, Edo, Plateau, Gombe and Oyo state. “In the last six weeks Nigeria has been [...]</p>
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