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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Will Ross |Makuochi Okafor
Vital leprosy drugs due in Nigeria after year delayWill Ross in London & Makuochi Okafor in LagosReutersAwwal Musa has been able to get the drugs to treat her leprosy for the past yearPeople affected by leprosy in Nigeria should be able to get hold of vital drugs to treat the disease for the first time in a year from this weekend, the World Health Organization has said.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Makuochi Okafor
Nigeria, which has more malaria deaths than any other country in the world, has begun rolling out a vaccine against the disease for the first time. The West African nation accounts for almost a third of those who die from malaria each year. The vaccine being introduced – called R21/Matrix-M – is the second to be approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is being given to children between five and 15 months old.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Makuochi Okafor
Nigeria has the fourth highest maternal mortality rate in the world [Getty Images]Nigeria has announced that free emergency Caesarean sections will be made available to "poor and vulnerable" women in an ambitious plan to bring down the high number of mothers dying in childbirth. At 1,047 deaths per 100,000 live births, Africa's most populous nation has the fourth highest maternal mortality rate in the world and the lack of access to Caesareans is thought to be one of the reasons.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Makuochi Okafor
Nigeria has announced that free emergency Caesarean sections will be made available to "poor and vulnerable" women in an ambitious plan to bring down the high number of mothers dying in childbirth. At 1,047 deaths per 100,000 live births, Africa's most populous nation has the fourth highest maternal mortality rate in the world and the lack of access to Caesareans is thought to be one of the reasons.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
msn.com | Makuochi Okafor
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Makuochi Okafor
Most of those who have died from the Marburg virus in Rwanda have been healthcare workers [Getty Images]US official advice against non-essential travel to Rwanda in light of the outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus is “not fair”, Africa’s top health official Jean Kaseya has said. The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) added that it was “not the treatment Rwanda and Africa deserve”.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Makuochi Okafor |Danai Nesta Kupemba
Health Minister Sabin Nsansiman said health workers would receive the vaccine first [Getty Images]Rwanda has said it will begin vaccine trials for the fatal Marburg virus, which has already killed at least 12 people in the country - most of them health workers. The east African country has received 700 doses of the vaccine from the Sabin Vaccine Institute, a US-based non-profit organisation.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
aol.com | Makuochi Okafor |Danai Nesta Kupemba
October 6, 2024 at 12:46 PMHealth Minister Sabin Nsansiman said health workers would receive the vaccine first [Getty Images]Rwanda has said it will begin vaccine trials for the fatal Marburg virus, which has already killed at least 12 people in the country - most of them health workers. The east African country has received 700 doses of the vaccine from the Sabin Vaccine Institute, a US-based non-profit organisation.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
aol.com | Makuochi Okafor
September 30, 2024 at 7:19 AMMarburg virus can bring on symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting and, in some cases, death through extreme blood loss [Getty Images]Rwandan authorities have restricted funeral sizes for victims of Marburg virus in an effort to curb an outbreak of the highly contagious disease. Eight people have died during Rwanda's first outbreak of the virus, which was confirmed on Friday by the nation's health ministry.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
aol.com | Makuochi Okafor
[Getty Images]Six people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda, the health minister has announced. Sabin Nsanzimana said most of the victims were healthcare workers in the intensive care unit. Twenty cases have been identified since the outbreak was confirmed on Friday. Marburg, with a fatality rate of up to 88%, is from the same virus family as Ebola. It spreads to humans from fruit bats and then through contact with bodily fluids of infected individuals.
