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[LIFESOURCE HOSPITAL @LSHospital]

Healthcare = Safety net = Great Asset.

#KeepingLagosSafe

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[LIFESOURCE HOSPITAL @LSHospital]

Thank you @ProfAkinAbayomi for safeguarding the health of Nigerians.

Public Health and Biosecurity = National Safety and Security!

[LIFESOURCE HOSPITAL @LSHospital]

Thank you @ProfAkinAbayomi for safeguarding the health of Nigerians.

Public Health and Biosecurity = National Safety and Security!

[Prof. Akin Abayomi @ProfAkinAbayomi]

International points of entry, specifically our airports are the absolute frontlines of infectious disease control. What happens at these entry points determines the profile of the impact of imported pathogens capable of causing disease outbreaks.

​With the rising concerns of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in East Africa, Lagos State has firmly anchored its bioshield strategy on heightened monitoring and absolute vigilance at points of entry like the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). This underscores the critical necessity of our recent high-level collaborative visit to the airport.

​Lagos EVD Risk and The MMIA Factor

​Lagos carries an elevated importation risk and an outsized amplification potential for the following reasons:

• ​MMIA handles over 70% of Nigeria’s inbound passenger traffic. Lagos maintains multiple weekly flight connections from countries in the vicinity of the epicentre.

• ​As West Africa's busiest airport, any breach in Lagos raises a severe concern for secondary spread to neighboring West African countries.

• A high proportion of passengers originating from East and Central Africa transit making them inherently harder to trace.

• ​ With a population pushing 30 million, a single undetected importation could rapidly spread into the community.

​The Nature of the Current Outbreak
​
• ​The specific Bundibugyo Ebola strain currently circulating in East Africa lacks a vaccine or specific treatment, making prevention our ultimate defence.

• ​EVD has a long incubation period of up to 21 days. Asymptomatic passengers can easily pass standard thermal screenings and enter the community before showing signs.

Furthermore, early symptoms mimic common illnesses like malaria, flu, or gastroenteritis, bleeding only occurs in the late stages.

Our collaborative engagement with the MMIA airport team is crucial in aligning field operations at the airport with Lagos State’s broader biosecurity goals.

We are actively synchronizing readiness protocols and fine-tuning epidemiological data-sharing mechanisms. This ensures that if a passenger of interest lands, rapid downstream contact tracing and tightened surveillance are activated instantly.

#ForAGreaterLagos #PublicHealth #EbolaPreparedness #HealthSecurity #MMIA #LagosState #EmergencyPreparedness #OneHealth #HealthProtection

[Prof. Akin Abayomi @ProfAkinAbayomi]

International points of entry, specifically our airports are the absolute frontlines of infectious disease control. What happens at these entry points determines the profile of the impact of imported pathogens capable of causing disease outbreaks.

​With the rising concerns of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in East Africa, Lagos State has firmly anchored its bioshield strategy on heightened monitoring and absolute vigilance at points of entry like the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). This underscores the critical necessity of our recent high-level collaborative visit to the airport.

​Lagos EVD Risk and The MMIA Factor

​Lagos carries an elevated importation risk and an outsized amplification potential for the following reasons:

• ​MMIA handles over 70% of Nigeria’s inbound passenger traffic. Lagos maintains multiple weekly flight connections from countries in the vicinity of the epicentre.

• ​As West Africa's busiest airport, any breach in Lagos raises a severe concern for secondary spread to neighboring West African countries.

• A high proportion of passengers originating from East and Central Africa transit making them inherently harder to trace.

• ​ With a population pushing 30 million, a single undetected importation could rapidly spread into the community.

​The Nature of the Current Outbreak
​
• ​The specific Bundibugyo Ebola strain currently circulating in East Africa lacks a vaccine or specific treatment, making prevention our ultimate defence.

• ​EVD has a long incubation period of up to 21 days. Asymptomatic passengers can easily pass standard thermal screenings and enter the community before showing signs.

Furthermore, early symptoms mimic common illnesses like malaria, flu, or gastroenteritis, bleeding only occurs in the late stages.

Our collaborative engagement with the MMIA airport team is crucial in aligning field operations at the airport with Lagos State’s broader biosecurity goals.

We are actively synchronizing readiness protocols and fine-tuning epidemiological data-sharing mechanisms. This ensures that if a passenger of interest lands, rapid downstream contact tracing and tightened surveillance are activated instantly.

#ForAGreaterLagos #PublicHealth #EbolaPreparedness #HealthSecurity #MMIA #LagosState #EmergencyPreparedness #OneHealth #HealthProtection

[Lagos State Health Management Agency @LagHealthScheme]

Our Permanent Secretary, Dr. Emmanuella Zamba, warmly invites policymakers, healthcare professionals, development partners, health insurance stakeholders, and advocates of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to the Maiden National Summit of State Social

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[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

From our country’s beginning, for as long as America has embodied freedom and exceptionalism, the soul of our nation has been rooted in the Christian faith.

Today we gather, as our forefathers did on this day centuries ago, to rededicate our nation to God.

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[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

From our country’s beginning, for as long as America has embodied freedom and exceptionalism, the soul of our nation has been rooted in the Christian faith.

Today we gather, as our forefathers did on this day centuries ago, to rededicate our nation to God.

[Lagos State Health Management Agency @LagHealthScheme]

DRUG ACCESS EXPANSION https://t.co/NcVZkG97Xp

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As we discuss Drug Access Expansion.

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…leaving no one behind

[Prof. Akin Abayomi @ProfAkinAbayomi]

One of the most important conversations at our MOH/LGA Retreat at Lakowe was not really about healthcare.

It was about governance.

Nigeria’s constitution assigns Primary Healthcare as a principal responsibility of Local Government. The State coordinates the broader health system. The Federal Government shapes national policy and financing frameworks.

Three tiers.
Three mandates.
One shared obligation to the same citizen.

For too long, these tiers have often worked in parallel rather than in synchrony. Separate priorities. Separate financing streams. Separate implementation pathways.

The result is fragmented progress.

What makes this moment different is that, for the first time in a long time, the conditions for alignment now exist simultaneously across all three tiers of government.

At the Federal level, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s BHCPF 2.0 reforms have brought Local Governments directly into the governance architecture of frontline PHC financing.

At the State level, Lagos is advancing coordinated reform across financing, infrastructure, workforce development and digital health through H-FIRE.

At the Local Government level, Chairmen across all 57 LGAs and LCDAs are increasingly stepping into their constitutional role as custodians of community health.

This was the deeper significance of the Lagos State Primary Health Care Compact 2026–2036 signed at Lakowe.

A shared commitment to continuity, coordination and joint stewardship across all levels of government.

Because when Federal vision, State coordination and Local Government implementation move in genuine alignment, the effects are not additive.

They are multiplicative.

#LagosHealth #PHCCompact #PrimaryHealthCare #Governance #universalhealthcoverage

[Prof. Akin Abayomi @ProfAkinAbayomi]

Today, I was joined by Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Agencies, Directors, and the entire leadership of the Lagos State Ministry of Health at our Ministerial Press Briefing, where we presented our key achievements so far this year and outlined major strategic initiatives for the future of healthcare in Lagos.

As we continue to build a resilient, technology-driven, and people-centred health system for Africa’s leading megacity, we remain grateful to Mr Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for his steadfast support and unwavering commitment to transforming the health sector in Lagos State.

#YR2026MinisterialPressBriefing
#LSMOH
#AGreaterLagosRising
#LagosHealth

[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

[United Nations @UN]

Every day, nurses save lives and play a critical role in improving people’s health, preventing disease and responding to emergencies around the world.

On Tuesday’s #InternationalNursesDay, join us in thanking nurses for their unwavering dedication, compassion and resilience.

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🤍 Happy Mother’s Day from the Trump Administration!

To every mom shaping America’s future — thank you.

Today we’re sharing heartfelt stories from @SLOTUS, Cabinet Secretaries & their families — plus how President Trump is supporting families more than ever. WATCH ⬇️

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

To the people of Tenerife,

My name is Tedros, and I serve as the Director-General of the @WHO, the @UN agency responsible for global public health. It is not common for me to write directly to the people of a single community, but today I feel it is not only appropriate, it is necessary.

I want to speak to you directly, not through press releases or technical briefings, but as one human being to another, because you deserve that.

I know you are worried. I know that when you hear the word “outbreak” and watch a ship sail toward your shores, memories surface that none of us have fully put to rest. The pain of 2020 is still real, and I do not dismiss it for a single moment.

But I need you to hear me clearly: this is not another COVID-19. the current public health risk from #hantavirus remains low. My colleagues and I have said this unequivocally, and I will say it again to you now.
The virus aboard the MV Hondius is the Andes strain of hantavirus. It is serious. Three people have lost their lives, and our hearts go out to their families. The risk to you, living your daily life in Tenerife, is low. This is the WHO’s assessment, and we do not make it lightly.

Right now, there are no symptomatic passengers on board. A WHO expert is on that ship. Medical supplies are in place. Spain’s authorities have prepared a careful, step-by-step plan: passengers will be ferried ashore at the industrial port of Granadilla, far from residential areas, in sealed, guarded vehicles, through a completely cordoned-off corridor, and repatriated directly to their home countries. You will not encounter them. Your families will not encounter them.

I also want to say something else, something that goes beyond the science.

I personally thanked Prime Minister @sanchezcastejon for #Spain’s decision to receive this ship. I called it an act of solidarity and moral duty. Because that is what it is. I want you to know that the WHO’s request to Spain was not made arbitrarily. It was made in full accordance with the International Health Regulations, the legally binding framework that defines the rights and obligations of countries and the WHO when responding to public health events of international concern. Under those rules, the nearest port with sufficient medical capacity must be identified to ensure the safety and dignity of those on board. Tenerife met that standard. Spain honoured it. Nearly 150 people from 23 countries have been at sea for weeks, some of them grieving, all of them frightened, all of them longing for home. Tenerife has been chosen because it has the medical capacity, the infrastructure, and the humanity to help them reach safety.

And because I believe that so deeply, I will be there myself. I intend to travel to Tenerife to observe this operation firsthand, to stand alongside the health workers, port staff, and officials who are making it happen, and to personally pay my respects to an island that has responded to a difficult situation with grace, solidarity, and compassion. Your humanity deserves to be witnessed, not just acknowledged from a distance.
As I have said many times: viruses do not care about politics, and they do not respect borders. The best immunity any of us has is solidarity.

Tenerife is demonstrating that solidarity today. The ship’s captain, Jan Dobrogowski, crew and the company operating the vessel have shown exemplary collaboration at this challenging time. On behalf of the World Health Organization, and on behalf of those passengers and their families around the world, I thank the people of Tenerife and everyone else involved.

Please take care of yourselves and of each other. Trust in the preparations that have been made. And know that the WHO stands with you, and with every person on that ship, every step of the way.

With respect, care, and gratitude,
Tedros

[LAWMA @Lawma_gov]

Proper medical waste disposal is not optional, it is essential for protecting lives, preventing contamination, and maintaining a safe, healthy Lagos.

Every action counts, and every step taken responsibly makes a difference.

Let’s all commit to safer practices for the well-being of our communities and the environment. #LAWMACares