The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has activated its emergency operation centres in response to a surge in Lassa fever cases. The centre’s Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, in a statement on Thursday, revealed an escalation in confirmed cases,…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reached a significant milestone as it celebrates its fifth anniversary. Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, the Director General of NCDC, made this announcement during an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja.…
Nigeria recorded 23,550 suspected cases of cholera in 2022 with Borno taking the lead with 12,459 cases. The country also lost 583 lives to the scourge in 2022, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Ifedayo…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has bemoaned what it described as widespread misinformation about the Monkeypox infection in Nigeria. The Director-General of the NCDC, Ifedayo Adetifa, said this on Tuesday at a virtual media dialogue on the infection.…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has identified paucity of funds as one of the major obstacles to implementing the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS). NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said this while presenting a paper at…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed additional three cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in the country. NCDC’s Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said in a statement that the new cases brought to six the number of people…
President Muhammadu Buhari also approved the appointment of Dr Ifedayo Adetifa as the new Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on…
