NCDC

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The official Facebook Page of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention(NCDC)
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Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja

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Sep 26, 2024	Cholera's Grip Tightens in Adamawa: A Public Health Crisis Unfolds	Cholera is a thief. It steals lives, health, and peace of mind. In Adamawa State, Nigeria, this thief has struck hard. The recent outbreak has claimed 12 lives and sent over 308 people to hospitals. The numbers are stark. The reality is gri...
Sep 22, 2024	Cholera outbreak hits Adamawa with 12 deaths, 308 hospitalised	The Adamawa State government has confirmed a cholera outbreak that has resulted in 12 deaths and the hospitalization of over 308 individuals. The outbreak was officially confirmed after the state’s health authorities sent 50 samples of susp...
Aug 28, 2024	IHS Nigeria and UNICEF: A Partnership for Progress	In the heart of Nigeria, a partnership is blossoming. IHS Nigeria, a titan in communications infrastructure, has joined forces with UNICEF. This collaboration, which began in 2019, is not just about business. It’s about transforming lives. ...
Aug 27, 2024	WHO chair raises concerns over Africa’s response to spread of Mpox	Dr. Dimie Ogoina, an infectious diseases expert at Niger Delta University Hospital and chair of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) mpox emergency committee, has raised concerns about Africa’s preparedness in combating the new strain of m...
Aug 26, 2024	IHS NIGERIA AND UNICEF: AN ENDURING AND IMPACTFUL PARTNERSHIP	IHS Towers is a leader in communications infrastructure, but its impact in Nigeria extends far beyond supporting mobile connectivity. Through a strategic partnership with UNICEF that began in 2019, IHS Nigeria, part of the IHS Towers group,...
Jul 31, 2024	FG inaugurates National Emergency Medical Treatment Committee, signs MoU on rural health transport scheme in Nigeria	The Federal Government has inaugurated the National Emergency Medical Treatment Committee (NEMTC), alongside the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Rural Emergency Service and Maternal Transport (RESMAT) scheme. This anno...
Jun 21, 2024	WHO announces global resurgence of cholera as Nigeria struggles to contain spread	The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a significant rise in cholera cases globally, with approximately 195,000 reported cases and over 1,900 deaths across 24 countries since the beginning of the year. The Eastern Mediterranean R...
Aug 9, 2023	Meet the scientists trying to stop the next global pandemic from starting in Africa	Even experienced doctors could be fooled by this disease. A deadly hemorrhagic illness, it often looks like yellow fever, malaria, or typhoid. At first, an infected individual might feel weak, uneasy, and feverish; after a few days, headach...
May 26, 2022	Monkey Pox: Two new suspected cases allegedly found in Lagos	--> --> Two suspected new cases of the Monkey Pox virus have been found at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), Lagos. This was disclosed by our analyst, who visited the facility on May 14, 2022, around 5pm, and confirmed by one of...
May 23, 2022	Lessons from Lagos: How Social media works for good during a crisis	Lessons from Lagos: How Social media works for good during a crisis. Image: Adobe Stock In times of crisis, it is especially crucial that governments share accurate, up to date information with their citizens. Social media can play an impor...
Feb 17, 2022	Lassa fever: FG records 358 cases and 59 casualties in 2022 so far	--> --> The Federal Government of Nigeria announced that as at week 6 of its Lassa Fever Situation Report, it has recorded 1631 suspected cases of the disease, 358 confirmed cases and 59 confirmed deaths. This was disclosed by the Nig...
Feb 22, 2021	NIN Registration: Nigeria ravaged with over 77k COVID-19 cases in 2 months	Share this article: On a hot day in December 2020, I was sitting in a filled-up keke — commercial tricycle — totally detesting what lay ahead of me. It was Thursday, the 17th, a day after the Federal Government ordered Nigerians to link the...
Apr 22, 2020	In Nigeria, PalmPay waives fees and creates ₦100M COVID-19 payout fund	Africa-focused payment startup PalmPay will waive transfer fees in Nigeria and offer direct payouts to customers who have contracted COVID-19 in the West African country. The venture — that launched in 2019 backed by China’s Transsion — has...
Apr 17, 2020	Nigerian government devises new means to ramp up COVID-19 testing	Share this article: The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has made public its plan to repurpose HIV and tuberculosis test equipment to ramp up COVID-19 testing. Revealing this in a livestream audience interactive session on Facebook...
Apr 17, 2020	Nigeria to repurpose HIV test equipment to accelerate COVID-19 testing	The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) will repurpose a set of equipment designed for HIV and tuberculosis tests to accelerate COVID-19 testing. Chikwe Ihekweazu, director general of the NCDC, said this on an audience participation v...
Mar 30, 2020	Ventures Platform announces seven startups to help fight coronavirus in Nigeria	Share this article: On March 17, Nigerian innovation hub, Ventures Platform announced its decision to provide workspace, mentorship, and a $1,000 grant for projects that will help curb the spread of coronavirus in Nigeria. Taking it up one ...
Mar 23, 2020	These women are driving diversity and inclusion in US workplaces with ‘Dipper’	Share this article: In the US, diversity and inclusion in workplaces are two of the most discussed and debated topics in human resources (HR) and recruiting space. A more challenging discussion is that of racial and ethnic diversity in work...
Mar 18, 2020	Nigerian innovation hubs set to sponsor projects aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus in Africa	Share this article: We’re living in troubling times and as the coronavirus pandemic affects economies all over the world, restrictions are being put in place by various countries to curb its spread. Billionaires, athletes, and other public ...
Mar 7, 2020	Photos show how people around the world are disinfecting schools, mosques, and streets to stop the coronavirus from spreading	A worker disinfects playground equipment at a kindergarten in Ganzhou, China. The students' return was delayed due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, on March 2, 2020. China Daily via Reuters The coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China,...
Sep 26, 2018	Monkeypox surfaces in three cases the U.K. What you need to know about the rare virus	Now there are three. Officials in the U.K. announced Wednesday that a health worker in Blackpool, in northwestern England, had contracted monkeypox, the third patient in the country to be infected with the rare virus in the past month. The ...
Mar 6, 2018	As killer virus outbreaks hit unprecedented levels, nonprofit hands $37.5M to Themis to tackle Lassa/MERS vaccines	A nonprofit formed in the aftermath of the recent Ebola outbreak is handing an Austrian biotech $37.5 million to put two killer diseases on its vaccine to-do list: Lassa fever and MERS. It’s the first deal signed since the 201...

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What has the press written about NCDC?

Parsers VC has collected 22 articles mentioning NCDC, among them “Cholera's Grip Tightens in Adamawa: A Public Health Crisis Unfolds” (Sep 26, 2024) and “Cholera outbreak hits Adamawa with 12 deaths, 308 hospitalised” (Sep 22, 2024).

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Yes, NCDC is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Feb 23, 2025.