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    Lagos Trains 8,000 Teachers on Ebola

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Lagos State government has trained 8,000 public school teachers on the signs and symptoms of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD. Addressing teachers during a programme organized by the state ministries of Education and Health, Yewande Adeshina, special adviser to the Lagos State […] More

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    EBOLA: Health Workers Killed In Guinea

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Eight members of a team trying to raise awareness about the Ebola Virus Disease have been killed by villagers using machetes and clubs in Guinea. On Thursday night, government spokesman, Albert Damantang Camara said the victims had been “killed in cold blood by […] More

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    ‘Lagos Now Ebola Free’ – Fashola

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Lagos State Government, LASG, on Friday said the last suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease in the state had been cleared having tested negative after surveillance. Babatunde Fashola, governor of Lagos State disclosed this on Friday while giving an update on […] More

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    Ebola: Sierra Leone Begins Three-Day Lockdown

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The government of Sierra Leone had ordered a three-day lockdown to forestall the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD in the country.  The aim of the move is to keep people confined to their homes while health workers isolate new cases and […] More

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    Ebola: UNICEF trains 5000 Nigerian teachers

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said it has trained over 5,000 teachers at the Ebola Emergency Operation Centre, EEOC, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on how to save lives, contain the Ebola Virus Disease and avoid stigmatization. Geoffrey Njokwu, the agency’s Communication […] More

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    Ebola: Nigeria, Liberia to receive 20m pairs of gloves

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Najib Razak, Malaysia Prime Minister said Nigeria and four African countries would receive 20 million pairs of medical gloves to fight Ebola. The other benefiting countries are Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He said that the donation was […] More

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    US to send troops to fight Ebola in West Africa

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, is to announce plans on Tuesday to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help in the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD. It is understood that the US military will oversee the building […] More

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    Ebola: Kaduna Budgets N116m for Preventive Measures in Schools

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Kaduna State Government on Tuesday said it has released N116m for the purchase of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, detecting equipment in public schools. Ibrahim Ali, Commissioner for Education in the state, said this at the flag-off of training for 13,000 teachers on prevention of EVD […] More

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    Ebola: Doctors Reject September 22 Schools’ Resumption Date

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has rejected the directive given by the Federal Government that all primary and secondary schools resume on Monday September 22, 2014. Speaking through Olawunmi Layaki, NMA National Publicity Secretary, the association said they expect all schools to remain […] More

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    Liberia Faces huge Ebola surge – WHO

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Ebola is spreading exponentially in Liberia, with thousands of new cases expected in the next three weeks, the World Health Organization, WHO, says. Conventional methods to control the outbreak were “not having an adequate impact”, the UN’s health agency added. At least 2,100 […] More

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    Ebola: AU Opens Emergency Meeting

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The African Union, AU executive council emergency meeting over Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, was opened on Monday at the AU headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, to consolidate collective continental efforts against the deadly disease. The meeting is expected to adopt a common […] More

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    Let’s Unite to Fight Ebola

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By John Dania – Internet Constituency. Ebola first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, in Nzara, Sudan, and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter was in a village situated near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name. […] More

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