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WHAT FNCCI HAS INSTALED FOR 2016

In a bid to alert the public of its activities for the year, THE FRANCOFONE NIGERIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE held a press pally in Lagos to unveil its calendar of activities

The General Manager of the Chamber MRS. ESTHER GAMBU said the activities includes breakfast meetings, business expos and French week

She also added that as part of its corperate social responsibilities, The Chambers would be on a FRENCH LANUGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAMME in selected High Schools so as to learn the language as the second spoken in Nigeria.

Aside from the press, members of board including the French consulate were in attendance

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LASSA FEVER

Lassa fever or Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus and first described in 1969 in the town of Lassa, in Borno State, Nigeria. Lassa fever is a member of the Arenaviridae virus family. Similar to ebola, clinical cases of the disease had been known for over a decade, but had not been connected with a viral pathogen.

Lassa frequently infects people in West Africa. It results in 300,000 to 500,000 cases annually and causes about 5,000 deaths each year. Outbreaks of the disease have been observed in Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the Central African Republic. The primary animal host of the Lassa virus is the Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis), an animal found in most of sub-Saharan Africa. The virus is probably transmitted by contact with the feces or urine of animals accessing grain stores in residences. Given its high rate of incidence, Lassa fever is a major problem in affected countries.

Signs and symptoms

In 80% of cases, the disease is asymptomatic, but in the remaining 20%, it takes a complicated course. The virus is estimated to be responsible for about 5,000 deaths annually. The fever accounts for up to one-third of deaths in hospitals within the affected regions and 10 to 16% of total cases.

After an incubation period of six to 21 days, an acute illness with multiorgan involvement develops. Nonspecific symptoms include fever, facial swelling, and muscle fatigue, as well as conjunctivitis and mucosal bleeding.