Socio-economic factors could limit persons in rural communities from visiting health facilities with their children to get vaccinated.

#HealthcareWorkers are urged to #TakeResponsibility. Let us protect our own by getting the anti-diphtheria vaccine to the communities.

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“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

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