In this week's #LassaFever situation report, we provide a summary of the epidemiological situation and response activities in Nigeria.

🔗Download, read, and share via
https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/sitreps/?cat=5&name=An%20update%20of%20Lassa%20fever%20outbreak%ll20in%20Nigeria

#LassaFeverInfo

To prevent #cholera infection, Nigerians are urged to:

✅ Keep their environments clean
✅ Drink or use water that is boiled and stored safely
✅ Ensure food is cooked and stored in a clean and safe environment
✅ Avoid open defecation
✅Wash their hands regularly with soap and running water.

Read our public health advisory:
🔗https://ncdc.gov.ng/news/337/cholera-in-nigeria%3A-urgent-call-to-strengthen-water%2C-sanitation-and-hygiene-%28wash%29

#Antimicrobials are not always needed when you are feeling unwell.

Antibiotics should only be prescribed by healthcare professionals after an appropriate diagnostic test.

Be an #AntimicrobialResistance guardian

📋 Take part in our #Cholera KAP Survey!

Help us fight #cholera by sharing your knowledge, attitudes, and practices.

It will only take a few minutes to complete the survey. 🙏🏽

🔗 https://forms.gle/zBZtTgXgPczCEWpW7

#STOPCholera

The Pandemic Fund provides a dedicated stream of additional, long-term financing to strengthen critical pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response capabilities in low- and middle-income countries.

Did you miss our national dialogue on #Nigeria's application? You can catch up via⬇️

🔗
https://youtube.com/live/X4wjZNyiHi8

Three (3) doses of the pentavalent vaccine are recommended for children in the 6th-, 10th- and 14th- week of life according to the #Nigeria childhood immunisation schedule.

Parents and caregivers should ensure that their children are fully vaccinated against #diphtheria.

#VaccinesWork.

#Measles is highly infectious.

Early symptoms are high-grade fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes & tiny white spots in the mouth.

Please report immediately to a health facility when these symptoms are observed.

Read more via:
https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/info/M

Learning from the last pandemic, it is evident that our country needs a robust health security infrastructure with an emphasis on:

➡️Prevention
➡️Disease surveillance
➡️Preparedness and response capabilities.

Nigeria's Pandemic Fund application cuts across strengthening #OneHealth workforce, early warning and surveillance and laboratory systems.

#PandemicFundNigeria

#NCDCInTheNews

“I was still at the intensive care unit when the index of suspicion was raised that it was Lassa fever case, and the samples were confirmed positive at a specialist hospital” - a #LassaFever survivor says

Mariam Ileyemi, one of our Media-EIS fellows, writes a special report in Premium Times on why many Nigerian #healthworkers are susceptible to Lassa fever

🔗Read via
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/health/health-investigations/694118-special-report-why-many-nigerian-health-workers-are-susceptible-to-lassa-fever.html

#LassaFever can be treated.

Early presentation to a healthcare facility greatly increases the chances of survival.

Report to the nearest health facility when you experience symptoms associated with #LassaFever.

Ka taimaka mana wajen sanin abinda ka sani game da cutar sanƙarau ta hanyar amsa waɗannan tambayoyin.

Ba zai ɗaukeka lokaci mai tsawo ba.

🔗https://forms.gle/R5uxSdet2nPNQvpRA

In this week's #LassaFever situation report, we provide a summary of the epidemiological situation and response activities in Nigeria.

🔗Download, read, and share via
https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/sitreps/?cat=5&name=An%20update%20of%20Lassa%20fever%20outbreak%ll20in%20Nigeria

#LassaFeverInfo

The bacteria that causes #cholera spread mainly through the consumption of contaminated food or water.

This rainy season:
✅Only consume water from safe sources
✅Dispose of trash properly
✅Ensure proper clearing of sewage
❌Stop open defecation

Your input is crucial in shaping better prevention, treatment and control strategies against #Meningitis in Nigeria.


📋Take our #Meningitis KAP Survey to share your knowledge, attitudes, and practices.


🔗Survey link
https://forms.gle/R5uxSdet2nPNQvpRA

Unwashed hands, untreated water, and uncovered food are some of the ways #Cholera germs are spread.

Personal and environmental hygiene remains one of the best ways to STOP #Cholera.

Watch this little boy's story on cholera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG1VNSCsP5Q

People of all age groups who come in contact with the urine, faeces, saliva, or blood of rats or infected persons are at risk of getting infected with #LassaFever.

#TakeResponsibility:
🪤Use traps to get rid of rats in the house
👐🏽Do not touch rats, dead or alive with your bare hands
🐀Avoid eating food/fruits eaten by rats

What impact can we achieve when our religious leaders actively take the lead on health promotion issues?

🔗Listen, learn and share our #HealthTori drama
https://youtu.be/GtGM7huHZ94?feature=shared

#MeningtisAwareness

Not all fevers are malaria!

Report early to a healthcare facility when experiencing #LassaFever-associated symptoms.

Early symptoms of #LassaFever include fever, body weakness, sore throat, muscle & chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, cough & abdominal pain.

#STOPLassaFever

Love ❤️ and #Meningitis!

In this #HealthTori episode, we explore the story of a young man facing ongoing challenges stemming from a #Meningitis infection he had during childhood.

🔗Listen, learn and share full episode
https://youtu.be/8-dlxFfcWhc?feature=shared

Did You Know: #Meningitis is a top cause of acquired deafness in children?

Parents/caregivers are urged to get them vaccinated! Meningitis is largely vaccine-preventable!

Visit any primary health care centre close to you to get your children/wards vaccinated against #meningitis.

#TakeResponsibility