· Increases Public-Private Vaccination Sites to 360 No fewer than 135 private health facilities have been enrolled into the Lagos State Government’s mass vaccination strategy programme targeted at vaccinating four million residents by December 2021. This brings to 360, the number of public and private vaccination sites in Lagos. The …
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COVID-19: LAGOS MOVES TO PREVENT, MITIGATE FOURTH WAVE
Ramps Up Mass Vaccination StrategyRejigs Strict Enforcement of COVID Regulations, LawsTo Sanction Defaulters, Offenders Lagos State Government has warned of a possible fourth wave of COVID-19 infection in the country, identifying the volume of inbound passengers arriving the State for Christmas and New Year festivities, low vaccination and the anticipated …
Read More »LAGOS MOVES TO PREVENT DIETARY-RELATED DISEASES IN RETIRED SENIOR CITIZENS
… Screens, Sensitises 165 Retirees on Healthy Nutrition … Tasks Retired Senior Citizens on Healthy Lifestyle As part of efforts to prevent dietary-related diseases that may affect senior citizens, the Lagos State Government has screened, educated and provided geriatric nutrition interventions including nutrition screening, blood pressure and glucose level checks, Body Mass Index (BMI) measurement and health counselling …
Read More »7TH AFRICAN CONFERENCE: EXPERTS ADVOCATE STRONGER HEALTH SYSTEMS TO TACKLE BIOSECURITY THREATS, OTHERS
… Harp On Research, Capacity Building, Precision Medicine, Knowledge Sharing Experts at the just concluded 7th African Conference on One Health and Biosecurity hosted by the Lagos State Government, in partnership with a non-governmental organisation, Emerging Pathogens Treatment Consortium (GET), have identified health systems strengthening, research and capacity building as …
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