Nigeria not serious about Lassa Fever control -- Expert

A Lassa Fever expert has criticised Nigeria’s response to the deadly viral disease, saying the government has not done enough to check its recurrence.

Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus. The natural carrier of the virus is the multimammate rat, but the disease is also spread through human to human transmission. “At the beginning of every year, as Lassa Fever rages, we are told not to panic, and that the situation is under control. You remember, how our Police Force always have everything under control. so it is with the Lassa Fever situation.“The government knows that the dry season is the active period for Lassa fever and with the rainy season the number of Lassa fever tumbles/ Therefore they tell us not to panic, as the rains will soon arrive.

“Until Lassa fever takes the life of a precious Nigerian, nothing tangible will happen. Until the National Assembly takes a one-minute silence and suspends sessions in memory of one or two honourable members who succumbed to Lassa fever, nothing…I repeat, NOTHING… will happen to control the disease in Nigeria.

“Each year, we allow Lassa fever free rein on the life of the people of Nigeria, and each year we weep and cry – Lassa Fever has come again. Lassa Fever is killing us. Somehow, I think the new Minister of Health will work with the state governors and the respective Commissioners of Health to safe Nigeria from the pain, the agony and the deaths from Lassa Fever.

”When you are sick, especially with malaria-like symptoms- fever headache, muscle and joint pains etc. see a doctor early, to rule out Lassa fever.“Keep your environment clean and free of invading rodents. This will reduce direct and close contact and exposure to rodents and their discharges and body fluids.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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