Two of four Ebola treatment drugs have been determined “more effective” than the others and will be the only ones used on patients going forward, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced. WHO announced in a statement that two of the four Ebola treatment drugs were determined more effective in treating patients than others in […]
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The death toll from Ebola in Congo has surpassed 1,700, the Ministry of Health said on Friday. The ministry made the announcement shortly after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak in the central African country a global emergency. The recommendation by WHO given on July 10 came after the first Ebola case was […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has urged it citizens to disregard a message making the rounds claiming there is a positive case of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country. A statement from the Federal Ministry of Health, quoted the Permanent Secretary, Mr Abdullaziz Mashi Abdullahi, as saying the message was false, could cause harm […]
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The World Health Organisation has assured Nigerians that all measures are being put in place to curtail the Ebola virus should it find its way into the country. The WHO country director, Wondi Alemu, at a Health for All walk in Abuja on Saturday said though there is risk that Ebola might resurface again in […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) is convening an emergency meeting on Friday over the latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The emergency meeting is to “consider the international risks” of the deadly Ebola virus disease, which has now moved to an urban area of DRC. One […]
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In an attempt to keep Nigerians safe from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday directed the Federal Ministry of Health to step up surveillance activities in the country. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, stated this when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the council’s meeting […]
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The dreaded Ebola virus that raged some African countries several years ago, has staged a return in northwest part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing 17 people. Congo’s health ministry on Tuesday described the fresh outbreak as a “public health emergency with international impact.” “Twenty-one cases of fever with haemorrhagic indications and 17 deaths” […]
Continue Reading“93 Days” a movie which depicts the true account of how Nigeria faced its first case of the Ebola Virus and conquered it, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Friday, 9 September, 2016. The TIFF has built a reputation for only screening the best films from around the world. UBA co-sponsored the […]
Continue ReadingAt about 9pm on July 20, 2014, Lagos was full of life with its usual bustle, and then, First Consultants Medical Centre, Obalende, Lagos, received an unwanted guest, an uninvited visitor. The guest arrived at the Murtala Muhammed Airport from on an international flight, feeling unwell, he was brought into the hospital, his name given […]
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BY AYO OLOWO Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali says the school’s Ebola Research Committee is working assiduously to develop a vaccine for the Ebola virus. “What is happening is that the committee is just monitoring events; in terms of the vaccine, it will take a while because there are processes that you have […]
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