Archives Tag: Ebola

Health

April 19, 2022

  About the NCDC The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is the Nigeria’s national public health institute with the mandate to lead the preparedness, detection and response to infectious disease outbreaks and public health emergencies. The first formal step to establish the NCDC took place in 2011 when some departments in the Ministry of Health, … Continue reading The NCDC And NAPHS

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LIFESTYLE

April 19, 2022

The Ebola outbreak in 2014 took Nigerians by surprise. Not only did it result in panic, but it also impacted vastly on our attitude to cleanliness and human contact – at least in the time of the epidemic. Being a highly communicable disease, mere contact with an Ebola victim’s personal belongings could very well mean … Continue reading Personal Hygiene beyond a Time of Ebola

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People

April 19, 2022

Nigeria’s heroine, Dr. Stella Adadevoh, who saved the nation from the Ebola outbreak in 2014, would have turned 62 today had she not contracted the deadly virus from Patrick Sawyer – Patient Zero. “For the greater public good.” — Adadevoh Despite, like other doctors in Nigeria, never having come across Ebola before, Dr. Adadevoh suspected … Continue reading Google Doodle Marks Dr. Stella Adadevoh’s 62nd Birthday

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Movies

April 19, 2022

A compelling story of human resilience, dedication and sacrifice, 93 Days is based on a true story of men and women who risked their lives to save Nigeria from the deadly Ebola virus that struck West Africa at its peak in 2014. The movie is plotted around Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American of whom it is … Continue reading 93 Days Premieres at House On The Rock, September 13th, 2016

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Health

April 19, 2022

The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abdulsalam Nasidi has stated that the federal government will soon establish an Ebola Survival Clinic in Lagos or Ibadan. He said the survival clinic by the NCDC would work in collaboration with tertiary health institutions to address the issue of relapse in survival. Mr. Nasidi also said doctors that defeated … Continue reading FG to Establish Ebola Survival Clinic

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Health News

April 19, 2022

An Ebola vaccine has provided 100 percent protection in a field trial in Guinea, researchers and officials said earlier today, Friday, 31st July, 2015. The world is “on the verge of an effective Ebola vaccine,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said, hailing the results from the first efficacy test of the VSV-ZEBOV vaccine among people … Continue reading New Ebola Vaccine Offers 100% Protection Against the Virus

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News

April 19, 2022

The Lagos State Government has urged the state’s residents to maintain good personal hygiene practices as part of precautionary measures to prevent the re-occurrence of the deadly virus, Ebola, ThisDay reports. This announcement was made after newly confirmed cases of Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia last week. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. … Continue reading Lagos State Government Declares Commitment to Ebola Prevention

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International News Philanthropy TECH

April 19, 2022

Google is launching a campaign to help fight Ebola by contributing $2 for every dollar people donate to nonprofits organisations such as Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders. In addition, the company is also giving $10 million to support nonprofit organisations as they work to contain the disease, which has killed nearly 5,000 people … Continue reading Google Donates 15 Million to Fight Ebola in West Africa

By michael-abimboye

BUSINESS

April 19, 2022

The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has announced the leading influencers for its global campaign to pool 1 million young Africans to act against Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The #StopEbola campaign will be led by TFAA Young Person of the Year 2013, Ashish Thakkar and Africa’s leading creative icons – Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola … Continue reading Omotola, Genevieve, Asa, others lead The Future Awards Africa campaign to #StopEbola

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BUSINESS News Uncategorized

April 19, 2022

The Central Working Committee of the Future Awards Africa (TFAA) today announced that 2014 edition of the awards will be hosted in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, 7 December. It is the 9th edition of the awards, which became an African prize last year, with a commemorative ceremony hosted by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, … Continue reading Future Awards Africa Launches Campaign for 1 Million Young Africans to Fight Ebola

By michael-abimboye

Health

April 19, 2022

‎ By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News A day after the World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola, the doctor who treated the country’s first case of the deadly virus and later died from the disease herself is being hailed as a hero for helping stop the outbreak. Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh, a doctor at … Continue reading Dr. Stella Adadevoh Is Nigeria’s Ebola Hero

By michael-abimboye

Uncategorized

April 19, 2022

20th of October, 2014 was a good day; Nigeria was declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) after 42 days with no new cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The case is not so for Sierra Leone, and most especially Liberia; both of which are still battling serious outbreaks of Ebola. Of the … Continue reading Latest Update On Ebola

By amina-salau

Health News

April 19, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have donated $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation. This news was recently announced by the Facebook founder himself. The Ebola virus that broke out in West Africa has infected more than 8000 people and killed over 4000. Estimated to be one of the deadliest epidemic … Continue reading Mark Zuckerberg and Wife Priscilla Chan Donate $25 Million For Ebola

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Health News

April 19, 2022

    Following the death of the first patient with the symptoms of Ebola in the United States, there has now been a newly diagnosed case of the Ebola Disease Virus in the United States. An unidentified 26-year-old nurse who cared for Mr. Duncan has now been diagnosed with the Ebola Virus Disease, making this … Continue reading Latest Update On Ebola

By amina-salau

Health

April 19, 2022

By now, almost every Nigerian is familiar with the Ebola Virus Disease. The virus is spread through close contact with the bodily fluid including vomit, blood and urine, of infected persons that are already showing the symptoms of the virus. The virus does not enter the body through the skin. It needs an opening such as … Continue reading Latest Update on Ebola

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