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  • #16
    NCDC Lassa fever outbreak weekly Situation Report No. 22?June 16, 2017
    Highlights
     In the current Lassa Fever outbreak, seventeen (17) States (Ogun, Bauchi, Plateau, Ebonyi, Ondo, Edo, Taraba, Nasarawa, Rivers, Kaduna, Gombe, Cross-River, Borno, Kano, Kogi, Enugu and Anambra) have reported at least one confirmed case ? Figure 1
     As at week 24 (June 10-16, 2017), the outbreak is activei in 7 states (Anambra, Bauchi, Cross-River, Ondo, Edo, Taraba and Plateau). Nasarawa and Kano states have completed 42 days follow-up (two incubation periods) with no new confirmed case reported and the outbreak is over in these states.
     Since the onset of LF outbreak in Dec. 2016 (Week 49), a total of 191 cases have been classified as: confirmedii (177) and probableiii (14) with 73 deaths (59 deaths in confirmed and 14 in probable) recorded.
     Case Fatality Rate in confirmed and probable cases is 38.2% and 20.6% for all cases (including probable, confirmed and suspected).
     In the reporting Week 24 (June 10-16, 2017), four (4) new suspected cases were reported in Plateau (3) and Anambra (1) states. Two (2) new confirmed cases were reported in Edo (1) and Ondo (1) states. No death was recorded this week.
     There are four (4) pending results for suspected cases in Bauchi (1) and Plateau (3) states.
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    • #17
      Source: http://www.who.int/csr/don/28-june-2...er-nigeria/en/ Lassa Fever ? Nigeria

      Disease outbreak news
      28 June 2017

      Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever illness that is known to be endemic in various West African countries including Nigeria. As of 9 June 2017, a total of 501 suspected cases including 104 deaths have been reported since the onset of the current Lassa fever outbreaks season in December 2016. Of the reported cases, 189 have been further classified, 175 laboratory-confirmed including 59 deaths and 14 probable cases (all dead).
      During the current Lassa fever outbreak, 17 Nigerian states (Anambra, Bauchi, Borno, Cross-River, Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Plateau, Rivers, and Taraba) have reported at least one confirmed case. As of 9 June 2017, the outbreak is still active in 9 states (Anambra, Bauchi, Cross-River, Edo, Taraba, Nasarawa, Ondo, Plateau, and Kano).
      Public health response

      The ongoing outbreak response is focused at State and federal levels and involves coordination of weekly Lassa fever review meeting in conjunction with World Health Organization, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), and the African Field Epidemiology Network.
      The following response measures are being carried out:
      • Enhanced surveillance is ongoing in all affected states and Lassa fever cases are reported to the federal level and contact tracing is ongoing in affected states with an active outbreak through the state surveillance team.
      • The line listing of cases reported across all the states is ongoing and data are uploaded in the VHF database.
      • Lassa fever treatment centers have been established in the affected states to support case management. These centers are supplied with case management as well as infection prevention and control supplies.

      WHO risk assessment

      Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever illness. Lassa fever is transmitted to humans via contact with food or household items contaminated with rodent urine or faeces. Person-to-person infections and laboratory transmission can also occur. Lassa fever is endemic in Nigeria and other West African countries and causes outbreaks almost every year in different parts of the region, with yearly peaks observed between December and June.
      Overall, the current risk assessment for Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria shows a declining trend of outbreaks. Considering this, ongoing response measures remains focused on preparedness and response in general and further risk of large scale outbreaks is not very high. However, a close follow up, active case searching, contact tracing, laboratory support and disease awareness (in the community and for health care workers) should remain ongoing. Although there is constant population movement between these Nigerian states, a large-scale disease transmission or outbreak spread has not been reported. However, there have been sporadic cases reported in Togo and Benin originating from Nigeria.
      WHO advice

      Prevention of Lassa fever relies on promoting good ?community hygiene? to discourage rodents from entering homes. In health-care settings, staff should always apply standard infection prevention and control precautions when caring for patients, regardless of their presumed diagnosis.
      On rare occasions, travellers from areas where Lassa fever is endemic export the disease to other countries. Although other tropical infections are much more common, the diagnosis of Lassa fever should be considered in febrile patients returning from West Africa, especially if they have had exposures in rural areas or hospitals in countries where Lassa fever is known to be endemic. Health care workers seeing a patient suspected to have Lassa fever should immediately contact local and national experts for advice and to arrange for laboratory testing.


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      • #18
        Lassa fever claims student in Plateau

        By Lami Sadiq, Jos | Publish Date: Jul 9 2017 2:00AM

        A fresh outbreak of Lassa fever has claimed a student of the Federal Government Girls? College Langtang in the southern senatorial district of Plateau State, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Kunden Deyin, said.

        Daily Trust on Sunday gathered that four students from the school had been admitted in the school clinic with a fever shortly before the school closed for an extended midterm break. The students were said to have been referred to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), when the fever persisted, following which their samples were taken for tests.

        Deyin yesterday told our correspondent on phone that ?three out of the four samples tested positive to Lassa fever while the other was negative. Unfortunately, one out of the three that tested positive to the disease has died while the others are responding to treatment.?
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        "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
        -Nelson Mandela

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        • #19
          NCDC Lassa fever outbreak weekly Situation Report No. 25?July 7, 2017

          Highlights
           In the current Lassa Fever outbreak, seventeen (17) States (Ogun, Bauchi, Plateau, Ebonyi, Ondo, Edo, Taraba, Nasarawa, Rivers, Kaduna, Gombe, Cross-River, Borno, Kano, Kogi, Enugu and Anambra) have reported at least one confirmed case ? Figure 1
           As at week 27 (July 1-7, 2017), the outbreak is activei in 5 states (Anambra, Rivers, Ondo, Edo and Plateau). Taraba and Bauchi states have completed 42 days follow-up (two incubation periods) with no new confirmed case reported and the outbreak is over in these states.
           Since the onset of LF outbreak in Dec. 2016 (Week 49), a total of 210 cases have been classified as: confirmedii (196) and probableiii (14) with 77 deaths (63 deaths in confirmed and 14 in probable) recorded.
           Case Fatality Rate in confirmed and probable cases is 36.7% and 19.9% for all cases (including probable, confirmed and suspected).
           In the reporting Week 27 (July 1-7, 2017), 13 new suspected cases were reported in Plateau (5) and Ondo (8) states. Five (5) new confirmed cases were reported in Ondo (2) and Plateau (3) states. Two (2) confirmed deaths were recorded in Ondo (1) and Plateau (1) states. Results of three (3) pending samples from Bauchi (2) and Plateau (1) states came out negative.
           There are seven (7) pending results for suspected cases in Ondo state.
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          • #20
            Source: http://thenationonlineng.net/lassa-f...irmed-plateau/


            Lassa fever case confirmed in Plateau
            Posted By: Our reporter On: July 26, 2017

            The Plateau State Commissioner ?for Health, Dr Kuden Deyin, yesterday confirmed another case of Lassa fever.

            Deyin, who spoke to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos, said the patient was brought in from Garkawa, Mikang Local Government Area. ?The result came out positive and the patient is receiving treatment at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH).

            ?The state has recorded four cases so far, and three of the four patients are responding to treatment. The last died,? Deyin said...

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            • #21
              Lassa

              Viral fever kills 2 in LUTH, staff critically ill


              The two victims died during the weekend, while a medical officer of LUTH is critically ill.

              Published: 14:06 , Refreshed: 22 minutes ago Samson ToromadePrinteMail

              Two people have reportedly died from Lassa fever while receiving treatment at theLagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
              ...
              Mr. Seun Ogungbure, who works at a diagnostic center in Surulere that gets patients from LUTH, confirmed to Pulse Nigeria in a private chat that the Accident and Emergency unit of the hospital, as well as a few other units, has been shut down due to the incident.

              "It's very rare that they would close down the A&E if it wasn't something serious," he said.

              He said after contacting medical staff working at the institution, it was revealed that two victims died during the weekend, while a medical officer is critically ill.
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              Edo confirms two cases of Lassa fever

              August 7, 2017Agency Report

              The Director of Primary Health Care in Akoko-Edo Local Government Council of Edo, Sunday Yerumoh, on Monday confirmed two cases of Lassa fever in the locality.
              ...
              He said the patients were quickly admitted in the Surveillance Unit of the local government health care centre, when health personnel noticed that they displayed symptoms of Lassa fever.
              ...
              Mr. Yerumoh said the patients were responding to treatment at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital.
              ...

              "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
              -Nelson Mandela

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              • #22
                Lassa fever kills 2, infects doctor in LUTH

                ON AUGUST 9, 201712:30 AM
                By Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Obinna

                LAGOS?Two persons were yesterday confirmed dead from Lassa fever at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, even as a resident doctor has been infected with the disease.

                Confirming the development, the Chief Medical Director, LUTH, Prof Chris Bode, said not less than 100 hospital workers exposed to the index case are currently being monitored.
                ...
                The Chief Medical Director further disclosed that two other suspected cases from Lagos State are presently admitted and quarantined while undergoing confirmatory laboratory tests.
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                Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/l...s-doctor-luth/
                "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
                -Nelson Mandela

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                • #23
                  Source: http://www.channelstv.com/2017/08/11...e-observation/

                  Ogun Govt Confirms Lassa Fever Outbreak, 66 People Under Observation
                  Channels Television
                  Updated August 11, 2017

                  Health Authorities in Ogun State have confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.

                  The Commissioner for Health, Babatunde Ipaye, who confirmed the outbreak, said a 20-year-old patient tested positive for the Lassa virus and had been moved to one of the isolation centres set up by the state government...

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                  • #24
                    WEEKLY BULLETIN ON OUTBREAKS
                    AND OTHER EMERGENCIES
                    Week 33: 12 ? 18 August 2017
                    Data as reported by 17:00; 18 August 2017

                    Lassa fever Nigeria
                    Event description
                    710
                    Cases
                    114
                    Deaths
                    16.1%
                    CFR

                    The incidence of Lassa fever cases in Nigeria continues to increase despite
                    ongoing efforts to control the disease. The outbreak is currently active in six
                    states ? (Ondo, Edo, Plateau, Bauchi, Lagos, and Ogun) ? where at least one
                    confirmed case has been reported in the past 21 days. During week 32 (week
                    ending 13 August 2017), 10 new confirmed cases were reported from five states,
                    namely Lagos (4), Edo (2), Plateau (2), Ondo (1), and Ogun (1). Ogun State has
                    come back into the active outbreak category after an extended period of zero
                    reporting (signifying no active transmission). One death has occurred among
                    the four confirmed cases in Lagos State. Furthermore, 11 new suspected cases
                    were reported and investigated (during the reporting week) in Lagos (7), Plateau
                    (2), Ondo (1), and Bauchi (1). Of these 11 cases, five (all from Lagos) tested
                    negative for Lassa fever while the test results for six cases from Plateau (2),
                    Lagos (2), Ondo (1), and Bauchi (1) are still pending.

                    Since the resurgence of the current Lassa fever outbreak in December 2016
                    (week 49), 710 suspected cases including 114 deaths (overall case fatality rate
                    16.1%) have been reported, to date. Of these, 227 cases were confirmed and
                    14 classified as probable. There were 82 deaths among the confirmed and
                    probable case groups collectively, giving a case fatality rate of 34% in this group.
                    In the current wave of this Lassa fever outbreak, 18 out of 36 states have been
                    affected. Two states, Edo (217 cases) and Ondo (184 cases), have accounted
                    for over half of all the reported cases.

                    Public health actions
                    ? The Nigeria Centres for Disease Control (NCDC) Lassa fever response
                    working group is leading coordination of weekly review meetings, in
                    conjunction with partners (WHO, CDC, UMB, AFENET).
                    ? Preparations for the 2016/2017 national Lassa fever outbreak review and
                    preparedness meeting scheduled for 21-22 August 2017 are ongoing.
                    ? Confirmed cases are being managed at identified treatment and isolation
                    centres across the affected states with ribavirin and other supportive
                    treatment. The NCDC distributed an additional 2 000 ampules of ribavirin to
                    Lagos State to support case management, in view of the growing number
                    of cases.
                    ? The NCDC has released a series of new guidelines, including: National Viral
                    Haemorrhagic Fevers (VHF) Preparedness guidelines, Infection Prevention
                    and Control of VHF guidelines, and Standard Operating Procedures for
                    Lassa fever management.
                    ? State Surveillance Teams continue to conduct enhanced surveillance and
                    contact tracing activities in states with active outbreaks. Surveillance data
                    is being collated nationally via the VHF management system, which has
                    received 294 entries from 16 states to date. Reported cases continue to be
                    classified based on the case definitions. NCDC recently sent a team to Edo
                    State to assist with harmonization and updating their data into the national
                    database.

                    Situation interpretation
                    The resurgence of Lassa fever cases in Nigeria in the recent weeks is concerning. While active surveillance and rapid response to suspected cases is critical, timely laboratory investigations to confirm or exclude the diagnosis must be maintained and further strengthened to enable authorities to focus available resources to follow true cases and their contacts.

                    Indeed, the importance of strategic and effective use of limited resources is underscored by the concurrent response to the protracted humanitarian crisis in the northern part of the country, outbreaks of cholera and hepatitis E, as well as other preparedness activities, including the ongoing seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaigns during the current rainy season. To support these multiple interventions, WHO continues to enhance its resource mobilization strategies, including the use of its Contingency Fund for Emergencies (CFE) and other funding sources.

                    During the imminent national Lassa fever review and preparedness meeting, the national authorities need to come up with feasible ways to boost efforts in each of the key response pillars ahead of the next season, including encouraging good community hygiene to reduce rodent activity through proven effective measures, such as storing grain and other foodstuffs in rodent-proof containers, disposing of garbage far from the home, maintaining clean households and keeping cats.

                    Read the weekly bulletin on outbreaks and other emergencies - Week 33: 12 ? 18 August 2017
                    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
                    -Nelson Mandela

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                    • #25
                      Another doctor tests positive for Lassa fever at LUTH

                      Posted By: Oyeyemi Gbenga-Mustapha On: August 21, 2017

                      Another doctor has tested positive for Lassa fever at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).

                      She is among the doctors that first had close contact with the index case.

                      Yesterday, LUTH said, she had treatment and was expected to recover soon.

                      She is the fourth doctor to test positive for the disease; three other doctors, who earlier tested positive to the disease, LUTH Chief Medical Director (CMD) Prof Chris Bode, said, had been certified fit and discharged.
                      ...
                      "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
                      -Nelson Mandela

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                      • #26
                        Source: http://thenationonlineng.net/lassa-f...ted-19-states/


                        ?Lassa fever outbreak affected 19 states?
                        Posted By: Agency Reporter On: September 7, 2017 In: News Update

                        The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ( NCDC ) on Thursday confirmed, at least one reported Lassa fever case, in each of 19 states in the current outbreak which started in December 2016.

                        The development was published in a report on NCDC?s website.

                        The 19 states are Ogun, Bauchi, Plateau, Ebonyi, Ondo, Edo, Taraba, Nasarawa, Rivers, Kaduna, Gombe, Cross River, Borno, Kano, Kogi, Enugu, Anambra, Kwara and Lagos.

                        The report said the outbreak was active in Ondo, Edo, Plateau, Bauchi, Ogun, Kaduna, Kwara and Lagos states...

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                        • #27
                          Plateau confirms new case of lassa fever

                          October 10, 2017Andrew Ajijah

                          The Plateau State government on Tuesday confirmed a suspected case of Lassa fever in the state.

                          The commissioner of health, Kuden Kamshak, a medical doctor said the infected persons had been quarantined.

                          ?Currently, there is a case of Lassa fever in Tudunwada, here in Jos, but the infected persons have been quarantined alongside with his brother. The said person also has symptoms of yellow fever,? he said.

                          He added that ?the entire family of the patient had been put under surveillance for the next 21 days.?
                          ...
                          "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
                          -Nelson Mandela

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