Ebola

This is the amazing story of Dr.Ada Igonoh, of First Consultants Hospital, Lagos. She was one of the health workers who came in contact with Liberian, Patrick Sawyer and she has lived to tell her story. Please read, her story brought me to tears Speaking with NaijaVibe she said: When ...

Ministry of health in eastern Malaysian state of Sarawak has reported that a 24-year-old Zimbabwean student is currently under observation for Ebola according to a local official in the state’s Health department. The student fell ill on Saturday and had been transferred to Sarawak General Hospital isolation ward from a ...

This photo has gone viral online. The Liberian woman known as Kate,hung herself after she found out she was HIV positive. They say she had been receiving treatment for a while but when she realized her status, she was deserted by friends,colleagues and customers who were put off by her ...

Speaking in a telephone interview with Punch, the National President of the NUT, Michael Alogba, said the union had taken a decision not to allow any of its members go into any school to teach if the eradication of the deadly virus has not been scientifically and medically proven. Continue… ...

Lagos State Government on Tuesday warned� residents against� stigmatizing survivors of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)� or those placed under surveillance. Saying that it will not hesitate to prosecute any resident that stigmatises survivors of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris� gave ...

According to Punch, the Reps explained yesterday that it had directed its Committee on Education to take �another look” at the date in view of the fact that the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country had yet to be fully contained. The Deputy Chairman, House Committee on ...

There was panic in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife on Tuesday over a report that a female patient on�admission at the OAU Health Centre was a suspected Ebola Virus Disease victim. The school management initially denied the reports,but the Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Temitope Ilori, Ilori said the female ...

Dennis Akagha is one of the lucky survivors of Ebola.He was the fiancee of Late Justina Ejelonu who came in contact with Liberian,Patrick Sawyer on her first day working as a nurse at the First Consultant Hospital,Lagos.Dennis is now Ebola free but jobless now.He spoke to Punch about his plans ...

400 people are under watch in Port Harcourt,after coming in contact with Late doctor who hid the fact he had been exposed to the virus.The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Projector, Dr. Abdulsalami Nasidi told Reuters �Everything about this doctor was in secrecy, he violated our public health laws by ...

The Lagos State Government has warned Lagosians and other citizens in the country not to fall victim to suspected fraudsters who were selling a kit that allegedly could be used to test for Ebola Virus.The government, in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Mr. Hakeem ...

According to multiple eye witnesses, the Super Eagles midfielder arrived at the Eagles Calabar camp this afternoon wearing protective hand gloves. When asked by coach Stephen Keshi why he was wearing gloves, Mikel reportedly replied “Coach I have up to four hand gloves and if you don’t mind, I can ...

According to a report by Premium Times, a 19 year old student of Law at Ahmadu Bello University has been diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus in Kaduna. They reported yesterday that the PRO of the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, ABUTH, Bilyaminu Umar, confirmed the case yesterday Monday September ...

The death of a patient, who is suspected to have Ebola, has caused panic among patients and doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi- Araba, Lagos State. A reliable source, who confirmed this development to our correspondent in Lagos on Tuesday, said the patient was brought in by members ...

There was anxiety yesterday at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos after an alarm was raised that a passenger arriving the airport from Enugu had the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). TheNation reports that passengers were soaked in tension and anxiety when the aircraft carrying the suspected ...

[youtube BlCdQMRE4vo 300 200] Ozị maka oya nje Ebola n’asụsụ Igbo Ebola awareness message in Igbo language. This is for the benefit of people that do not understand English language which is the language used for most awareness videos and information on this disease. Please watch and share, this is ...

A member of staff of ECOWAS on the team that received the late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American diplomat, who died of Ebola in Lagos, made a trip to Port Harcourt where he checked into a hotel and met with Dr. Iyke Enemuo.The ECOWAS official whose name was also not given ...

Men who were treated and discharged of Ebola Virus have been advised not to have sex for atleast 7 weeks. Dr Bridget Okoeguale, Director, Department of Public Health, gave the advice during an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).She said �There are many literatures that say that after men ...

A highly placed official of the Rivers state Government has confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES that a suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease has been detected in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. The official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to discuss the development ...

The Adadevoh family has refuted reports that the younger sister of late Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh who died of the Ebola virus, has tested positive to Ebola and has been hospitalized. Despite sources insisting that Amy Ngozi Adadevoh tested positive and has been moved to the isolation treatment centre in Lagos, ...

The internet has been buzzing about this article written by Michelle Hanson and published by The Guardian US which talks about the Ebola epidemic in Africa. Lucky Dr Kent Brantly, the American doctor who has recovered from Ebola, having been given a dose of the experimental antibody serum Zmapp, whizzed ...