The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has urged states to raise sensitization and response to Lassa fever.

The Director-General, Dr. Adetifa Ifedayo, made the call at a workshop organized with University College, London and Johns Hopkins Programmed for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics in Abuja.

Ifedayo said there are still gaps, especially at sub-national level, and that is of strategic importance.

As of the 23^rd of April, 897 cases, with 154 deaths, were recorded from 26 states and 103 councils