Faith Donatus🌎

Journalist at BusinessDay Media Limited/ Women Health/ Public and Environmental Health Advocate/Lover of Nature

[Faith Donatus🌎 @FaithDonatus3]

The first step in personal growth and development is

TO LOVE YOURSELF.

Self-love is key to personal growth because it makes you embrace everything about you, strengths, weakness, scars, past, present and all.

# All eyes on the judiciary.

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@basilabia Kudos to you and more grease to your elbows Sir.

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@basilabia Congratulations Sir.

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Stay vigilant and practice strict hygiene #lassafever

[Prof. Akin Abayomi @ProfAkinAbayomi]

Lassa Fever. What we must know.

While Lassa fever is a major public health challenge across Nigeria, Lagos has seen only a few cases so far. Thanks to swift medical action, these cases were rapidly isolated and treated, preventing community spread.

But to keep our city safe, we must understand how it spreads, our health sector orthodox and unorthodox must continue to be vigilant. Our communities must understand how to protect themselves.

Lassa fever is a severe viral illness that is contracted from animals to humans and then spread from human to human. It is primarily carried by wild and household rodents, which sheds the virus constantly in its urine and faeces.

Many popular bushmeat species also carry the virus.

How it is transmitted

▫️Having direct contact with infected rats urine faeces، saliva or blood.

▫️Consuming food or water contaminated by infected rodents.

▫️Contacts with surfaces، items and objects contaminated with the urine، faeces، saliva or blood of infected rats.

▫️Inhaling dust contaminated by infected rodents urine or droppings

▫️Once in a community, it spreads from person to person through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person.

Prevention

The path of Lassa fever is entirely preventable. By keeping food tightly sealed in rodent-proof containers, maintaining clean homes, and avoiding buying, handling, or consuming live or freshly killed wild animals, we break the chain.

Let’s stay vigilant, practice strict hygiene, and protect our homes, our communities, and our healthcare heroes!

#lassafreelagos #lassafever #lagoshealth #onehealth

[Faith Donatus🌎 @FaithDonatus3]

Solid!
Experience can only be bought with time!

[They call me Afo @Dr_Afo]

I was gisting with a colleague just now and we're talking about how the facility is understaffed and underutilized.
Then she mentioned that finding young doctors is a challenge because everyone has Japa or in the process of japa.
I told her that while I agreed with her, I believe the most devastating loss are not the young residents or medical officers leaving.
The most tragic loss are the SRs, consultant and professors leaving with decades of experience.
You can make 20k fresh doctors in 8 years.
You need more than 20 years to make just 5k experienced consultants.

[Faith Donatus🌎 @FaithDonatus3]

Hantavirus Rist to the general public is low-WHO.

This is not COVID.

[Prof. Akin Abayomi @ProfAkinAbayomi]

PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY: HANTAVIRUS

Recent international reports of Hantavirus infections linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship have understandably generated public concern. Current reports indicate multiple confirmed cases linked to the Andes strain of hantavirus, including fatalities, while international health authorities continue surveillance and contact tracing efforts.

At present, the World Health Organization continues to assess the overall public health risk as low.

What is Hantavirus?

Hantaviruses are a group of viruses carried primarily by rodents. Humans usually become infected through exposure to infected rodent urine, droppings or saliva, particularly in enclosed or poorly ventilated spaces contaminated by rodents.

The Andes strain implicated in the current outbreak is unusual because limited human to human transmission has been documented under close contact conditions.

What are the symptoms?

Early symptoms may resemble a flu like illness and can include:
• Fever
• Severe headache
• Muscle aches
• Fatigue
• Nausea or vomiting
• Dizziness

In more severe cases, symptoms may progress rapidly to:
• Persistent cough
• Shortness of breath
• Pneumonia
• Severe respiratory distress

How is it treated?

There is currently no specific antiviral cure for hantavirus infection. Treatment is mainly supportive and severe cases may require:
• Oxygen therapy
• Intensive care support
• Mechanical ventilation
• Fluid and electrolyte management

Early recognition and prompt medical attention significantly improve outcomes.

How can it be prevented?

The most important preventive measures include:
• Keeping homes and food storage areas clean and rodent free
• Sealing holes and openings where rodents may enter
• Avoiding direct contact with rodent droppings or nests
• Using gloves and disinfectants when cleaning rodent contaminated areas
• Avoiding sweeping dry rodent waste, which may aerosolise infectious particles
• Maintaining good hand hygiene
• Seeking medical evaluation early if symptoms develop after travel to affected regions

This outbreak is also a reminder that epidemic preparedness requires continuous investment in surveillance systems, laboratory readiness, infection prevention and One Health approaches that recognise the close relationship between human, animal and environmental health.

The public is advised to remain calm, rely on verified information from recognised health authorities and avoid spreading misinformation or panic.

#PublicHealth #Hantavirus #HealthAdvisory #OneHealth #DiseasePrevention #HealthSecurity #GlobalHealth

[Faith Donatus🌎 @FaithDonatus3]

Each rainy season in Nigeria brings a surge in malaria cases, filling hospital wards with anxious mothers watching over their sick children. While some may recover, others do not.

Malaria is a major public health concern in Nigeria.
Read below 👇👇
https://t.co/xzCebeFzJG

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@Dr_Afo 😳 Wow!

[High Chief Lawrence Igbins Okoro @HighChiefOkoro]

Fake drugs and counterfeit products are silently destroying lives across Nigeria.

Today, a 33 year old, Etinosasere Ogiekpolor, is battling Chronic Kidney Disease affecting both kidneys. He was diagnosed on October 30, 2025.

I visited him at Edo Specialist Hospital while he was undergoing dialysis. His condition is critical, and doctors have confirmed that he urgently needs a kidney transplant to survive.

This is a race against time.

We cannot stand by and watch a young life fade away. Please he needs our support now. Your contribution will go a long way in the journey to saving his life.

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[Faith Donatus🌎 @FaithDonatus3]

@MikeAgrow Yes i actually do

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@MikeAgrow Alright, thanks

[Faith Donatus🌎 @FaithDonatus3]

@MikeAgrow Hello, please id like to know more about the implications of this policy

[Faith Donatus🌎 @FaithDonatus3]

@elendu_mompere Hi, please I'd like to speak with you about this if you don't mind. How do i reach you?

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@NigeriaStories I feel this is just a distraction from the INEC stuff though. But as usual, Nigerians will move on. I trust my people.

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@OurFavOnlineDoc Trivializing the pain of others just to defraud people is really disgraceful.

[Faith Donatus🌎 @FaithDonatus3]

She noticed the same car slowing down twice on her street. Instead of panicking, she crossed over to a busy shop, made eye contact with people, and waited. The car drove off.

Safety tip: Trust your instincts. If something feels off, move toward crowded.Don’t ignore dat instinct

[Faith Donatus🌎 @FaithDonatus3]

The pain of losing the mother of the quintuplets recently born in Kano , hasn't left my heart since yesterday.

This highlights the gaps in maternal care we still grapple with as a country. God bless the Kano State government for taking over the care of those infants.

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@docneto Apt!

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Shocking Statistics about Uterine Fibroids among black women.

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@Mr_Husky1 Dolphins are the most beautiful creatures on earth.

[Faith Donatus🌎 @FaithDonatus3]

About 56% women in their reproductive age face financial barriers to accessing quality healthcare across the globe. In Nigeria, 51% women say they find it difficult accessing quality healthcare particularly in rural areas according NDHS 2018 report. This is a public health issue