MENINGITIS

The Yobe State Ministry of Health and Human Services has recorded seven deaths following the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis in Potiskum town in the state. READ ALSO: NPHCDA boss seeks mass vigilance against meningitis The…

The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr Muyi Aina, has urged Nigerians to be vigilant against meningitis through vaccination and early detection of  symptoms. Aina, who made the call in an…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Prevention has said that the national multi-sectoral Cerebrospinal Meningitis Technical Working Group will continue to intensify its monitoring response to the disease across states. READ…

Dr Chioma Ofoekii, a medical practitioner, has cautioned the general public on proper measures to take to avert the endemic disease of meningitis. READ ALSO: Meningitis: 38 die in Jigawa State Ofoekii gave the…

Thirty eight people have been confirmed dead by the Jigawa State Ministry of Health in an outbreak of cerebellum spinal meningitis in the state. Recall earlier this week, the NCDC had held an emergency meeting over the outbreak of…

The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed that the agency had an emergency meeting in Jigawa state over the meningitis outbreak in the state. Dr. Adetifa said the…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Priscilla Ibekwe, reported that meningitis remains a major public health challenge in Africa with 26 States in Nigeria within this belt. Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, a…

About 700 thousand children will be reached during the Meningitis A vaccination campaign in Cross River State, south-south Nigeria. Dr. Betta Edu, the Commissioner for Health in Cross River made the remark at the official launch of the…