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Stakeholders shore up sensitization campaign to curb Lassa fever outbreak in Edo state Format Benin City, 24 February 2021 - Things have changed for the better in Jattu town of Edo State, says Osumah Kassim Inusa, a community leader in the area. Since health officials implemented a robust community sensitisation and vector control project in 2020, there has been a significant reduction in the numbers of Lassa fever infections recorded. “Usually at this time of the year, at least one person in a household would have contracted the disease, but it is different this year”, confirms the leader of Jattu, a town located within Edo State’s Etsako West Local Government Area (L.G.A). “On behalf of Jattu community, we are happy with the enlightenment campaigns. It has changed how many of our people preserve their food and interact with society and the rats killing exercise has also brought the death rate from Lassa fever to its barest minimum.”

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