TETFund challenges Nigerian scientists to develop local Lassa fever vaccine

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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) urges Nigerian scientists to accelerate development of an indigenous Lassa fever vaccine amid alarming death tolls estimated between 5,000 and 10,000 annually. The call highlights serious public health challenges in Nigeria.

….As study reveals alarming death tollBy Joseph Erunke Abuja—The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has challenged Nigerian scientists to accelerate efforts toward developing the country’s first indigenous Lassa fever vaccine, following fresh findings that the deadly disease kills between 5,000 and 10,000 Nigerians every year. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, who threw the challenge […] The post TETFund challenges Nigerian scientists to develop local Lassa fever vaccine appeared first on Vanguard News.