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Tag "Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu"
NCDC DG Chikwe Ihekweazu appointed Assistant DG of WHO
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has been appointed as the Assistant Director General of Health Emergency Intelligence at the World Health Organisation
FG releases handbook on COVID-19 home management
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), on Tuesday released a handbook on home management of asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 cases.
Isolation or quarantine? NCDC confused over word to describe DG’s condition
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) momentarily lost its path finding role in the ongoing COVID-19 crisis yesterday as it failed to work out the appropriate term to describe
NCDC investigates fresh yellow fever cases in Edo state
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) today announced that it has commenced investigation on a suspected outbreak of yellow fever in Edo State. In a statement signed by the
We need media support to prevent, curb epidemics – NCDC boss
… holds workshop to sensitize health editors Dr. Ihekweazu (Centre in black) in a group photograph with the health editors The National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Centre for Disease
90 Nigerians died from Lassa fever since January – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday released an update on ravaging Lassa fever in different states in Nigeria, revealing that no fewer than 90 deaths were recorded between
Monkeypox spreads to six more states
Total suspected cases now 31 Lagos confirms 2 suspected cases Six more states have reported cases of suspected monkeypox, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said today in a
Meningitis outbreak over, NCDC declares
• says enhanced surveillance continues ABUJA – With the decline in Meningitis cases, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the 2016/2017 outbreak is over as the Emergency Operations
Meningitis death toll rises
NCDC says it’s now 282 in 5 states The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in five states with 282 deaths.