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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ebola was first reported in Nigeria in July 2014 when a Liberia-American man, Patrick Sawyer, tested positive to the virus after arriving in the country through the MMIA, Lagos
Famiyesin said WHO was committed to ensuring that communicable and preventable diseases were eradicated or reduced to the barest minimum in Nigeria and across the world
“The research conducted by the World Health Organisation and other technical research institutes have not shown any risk to human life as a result of radiation emanating from telecom equipment
A major expansion of the WHO-recommended core package of measures, vector control, chemoprevention, diagnostic testing and treatment has proved both cost effective and efficient
“The sexual transmission of the Ebola Virus from males to females is a strong possibility, but has not yet been proven; less probable, but theoretically possible
He said: The experts, who form WHO’s Emergency Committee on Ebola, also made a strong recommendation that all countries must avoid any unnecessary interference with international trade and transport beyond temporary restrictions already in placese
He said the efficacy trials were to determine whether the vaccine produces the expected result under ideal circumstances
She said: “So far, the two Ebola vaccines that have already undergone the first phase of testing have an acceptable safety profile
The report claimed that at the present transmission rate, an estimated one million people would be infected with HIV; 200,000 cases of multidrug-resistant TB would be recorded, resulting to 1.7 million deaths
In recent weeks, West African and global development leaders have appealed for a massive coordinated reinforcement of international health teams to the three countries in order to contain the epidemic
Aylward said that hospital beds in the capital, Monrovia, had been freeing up, the number of laboratory-confirmed cases had remained stable and the number of burials had fallen
The report, entitled: “Global Tuberculosis Report 2014,” stated that the mortality rate from TB had continued to fall and dropped by 45 per cent since 1990
The UN’s health agency said it aimed to begin testing the two vaccines in the new year on more than 20,000 frontline health care workers and others in west Africa – a bigger rollout than previously envisioned
President Goodluck Jonathan has assured the international community that next year’s general elections in Nigeria will be conducted in accordance with global best practices to further strengthen the country’s democratic institutions.
The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, on Wednesday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for Nigeria’s efforts at containing the spread of Ebola Virus Disease in the country.
Two of the five countries affected by the world’s worst-ever Ebola outbreak are managing to halt the spread of the disease, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.
It is with great pleasure and pride that I welcome you to this presentation of the Budget proposal for the 2015 fiscal year. First and foremost, permit me to thank Almighty God who has made it possible for me to stand before you and this distinguished House to present the Edo State Budget Proposal for the 2015 fiscal year
Nigeria that unfortunately became afflicted with the EVD courtesy of the late Liberian official Mr. Sawyer, battled tooth and nail to control and contain the EVD from spreading among the very large populations.