Free medical mission in Afikpo

The people of Afikpo in Ebonyi Nigeria will not forget the free 5-day medical mission that was just concluded at The Mater Misericordiae Hospital Afikpo, Afikpo North Local Government Area, in a hurry.

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Resident doctors begin Indefinite nationwide strike

Medical service delivery across the country have been hampered seriously after Resident doctors resolved to embark on a Nationwide strike today.

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FG announces outbreak of a new disease

The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole has announced that a new strain of Cerebro Spinal meningitis (CSM) is in some parts of the country.

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Hydroquinone disguised and still added to our skin care products

Remember hydroquinone that was said to cause so many things including skin cancer? the deadly agent has been renamed in many forms

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Ebonyi State Government releases five million to prevent lassa fever outbreak

Ebonyi State Government has approved the release of 5 million naira for the prevention of outbreak lassa fever disease in the state.

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Ebonyi State Government Contains Bird Flu outbreak

The commissioner of agriculture in Ebonyi state Mr Uchenna Oji has stated that the bird flu scare which was discovered in the state has been contained.

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Ebonyi State Ministry of Health States "No New Case of Lassa in The State"

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The Ebonyi State Ministry of Health has denied reports linking it to a case of cover up of the lassa epidemic. The Minister of health had listed ebonyi as one of the states aftered by the lassa epidemic amongst sixteen other states. See the report here

In a  press briefing, The State Ministry stated

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Lassa Kills 63, another 212 infected

 

The Federal Government has confirmed that the Lassa Epidemic has claimed about 64 lives with 212  reported cases. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, made this known ‎at the emergency National Council of Health meeting in Abuja yesterday January 19th  2016, The Minister said this figure was from 62 local government areas in 17 affected states.  The affected States include Bauchi, Niger,

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Ebonyi records first bird flu case

As Nigeria Battles the case of Lassa Fever, Ebonyi State has been hit by Bird Flu.

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Lassa Fever: Symptoms, Prevention and Treatment.

Lassa fever is once again ravaging the nation. there has been several cases of this fever especially in ebonyi but none has ever been this deadly. The outbreak recorded its first case in November 2015 in bauchi and has been discovered in nine other states which include Nassarawa,Niger, Taraba, Kano, Rivers, Edo Plateau, Gombe, and Oyo.

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