Watch out for seasonal cholera, meningitis outbreaks, AMLSN warns

Watch out for seasonal cholera, meningitis outbreaks, AMLSN warns vanguardnews

even as the development has been blamed on neglect and relegation of medical laboratory services structure and infrastructure across the federation.

At the 14th Public Health Lecture Series of AMLSN and induction /investiture of Foundation fellows and 2020 Annual Congress of the West African Postgraduate College of Medical Laboratory Science, WAPCMLS, the National Publicity Secretary, AMLSN, Dr Casmier Ifeanyi said five laboratories were grossly inadequate to cater for over 200 million people at risk of Lassa fever.

Ifeanyi said a number of AMLSN members are currently on training abroad on COVID-19 diagnosis testing device, noting that Nigeria’s health system, for want of preparedness, is usually overwhelmed during outbreaks and that cholera and meningitis have claimed lives en masse, hence the need for early response.

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