Nigeria: As Doctor Succumbs to Lassa Fever…

All stakeholders should do more to contain the scourge

The death of a medical doctor in Benue State following complications from Lassa fever should serve as another wake-up call on the need to tackle a preventable disease that kills hundreds of our nationals every year. According to the Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Paul Ejeh-Ogwuche, the deceased medical practitioner who worked with the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria, had battled the illness for over two weeks…