The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said the 62 contacts identified following the confirmation of an imported Ebola case in the country are expected to complete monitoring by November 13, 2026. The agency disclosed this in its latest Ebola Disease Situation Report, stating that the contacts were scheduled to complete follow-up at
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that the Federal Government’s ₦10 billion emergency intervention fund, approved in June 2026 amid the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was not meant for Ebola alone but to strengthen the country’s preparedness against multiple disease threats. ₦10bn Represents Two Per cent Of Annual Requirement The NCDC chief, however, said the allocation was inadequate when compared with the country’s broader health security needs, explaining that Nigeria requires an estimated ₦104.4 billion annually to implement its…
By Gift Chapi Odekina, Abuja The House of Representatives has commenced an assessment of Nigeria’s preparedness against the Ebola Virus Disease, as the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) called for dedicated emergency funding, medical equipment and improved healthcare facilities in custodial centres to prevent a possible outbreak. The Controller-General of Corrections, Sylvester Nwakuche, made the call on Tuesday at a one-day public hearing organised by the joint House Committees on Infectious Diseases, Healthcare Services, Aviation and Interior at the National Assembly, Abuja.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday and signed by the Director-General of the agency, Jide Idris, who explained that the estimated cost of implementing the second National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS 2.0) is approximately N522 billion over five years.
NAIROBI,Kenya, Nov 6- Kenya has discharged six patients who had contracted the Ebola virus, with only one remaining under treatment, as the country records 18 consecutive days without a new infection. In a statement marking Day 32 of the outbreak, Director-General for Health Dr Patrick Amoth said the total number of confirmed cases remained at nine, with all infections linked to a single known chain of transmission.
According to data shared with AFP by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Monday, the outbreak, which has spread to other countries on the continent, has killed 5,376 people — 5,372 in the DRC and two each in Kenya and Uganda. That same month, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, reported an Ebola case involving a 42-year-old Swiss woman whose husband works at the Swiss embassy in Abuja.
He said the Tumaini trial is designed to evaluate multiple vaccine candidates through a ring-vaccination approach involving contacts of people confirmed to have Bundibugyo virus disease.