Nigeria
11 articles
Nigeria Faces its Worst Outbreak of Meningitis in Years
Apr 27, 2017 | Jackie SheridanNigeria remains in the midst of a meningococcal meningitis outbreak that began this past December. Thirty-eight Local Government Areas, within the...
Polio Reemerges in Nigeria
Sep 30, 2016 | Cheryl LangIn 2012, an estimated 122 of the 223 global cases of polio occurred in Nigeria, more than half of the cases worldwide (1,3). Worldwide efforts to...
Lassa Fever Rages On in Nigeria
Mar 7, 2016 | Colleen NguyenLassa fever is endemic to Nigeria, with annual spikes in disease incidence occurring between December and February (6). Since August 2015, there have...
Ebola Update: Death in Nigeria, Impact on Healthcare Workers, and Containment Measures in Liberia
Jul 29, 2014 | Alexandra ThomsenNations around the world have voiced concern about West Africa’s Ebola outbreak spreading via air travel, with warnings like “Ebola only a plane ride...
Polio: What Happens to a Vaccine-Preventable Disease When Vaccination Is Prevented?
Jul 18, 2014 | Alexandra ThomsenPolio is a highly infectious disease that mainly affects children under age five and leads to irreversible paralysis in about one of every 200 cases...
Polio Proliferates in Northern Nigerian States Borno and Yobe Despite Declining National Rates
Jun 27, 2013 | Steven PurcellAt least 26 new cases of wild polio virus have been detected in northern Nigeria. This statistic comes from a joint World Health Organization (WHO)...
At Least Nine Polio Workers Killed in Nigeria
Feb 11, 2013 | David ScalesOn Friday, Feb. 8, at least nine young women working on a polio vaccination campaign were targeted and killed by gunmen in two separate incidents in...
Measles Outbreak Infects 37 More in Nigeria
Dec 20, 2012 | Lauren EdmundsonThirty-seven more cases of measles have been identified in an outbreak in Kebbi state, Nigeria. Of the over 250 cases recorded so far, seven children...
Polio: Outbreaks and Emergency Plans
Jun 14, 2012 | Robyn Correll CarlyleYet another case of type-1 poliovirus has surfaced in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency, the only tribal district in Asia where both type-1 and type-3...
Lassa Fever Spreads Through Nigeria
Feb 28, 2012 | Anna TomasuloSince the beginning of 2012, the West African nation of Nigeria has been battling Lassa fever. The disease has reached 12 states and killed 40 people...
Polio Threatens Nigeria After Progress
Jul 20, 2011 | Sumiko MekaruUNICEF has detected 20 new polio cases in northern Nigeria. These cases threaten to erase the substantial progress Nigeria has made in eliminating...
