The Government of Japan has donated emergency medical supplies worth approximately $1.7 million to the Lagos State Government to boost cholera preparedness and avert a repeat of the deadly 2024 outbreak. The donation was officially handed over at a Project Handover Ceremony for Emergency Support on Cholera Response and Preparedness at the Lagos State Medical Store in Oshodi. Representing the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Director of Epidemiology, Biosecurity and Global Health, Dr Ismail Abudus-Salam, described the support as both timely and critical. He said the supplies would significantly strengthen the state’s capacity to manage cholera and other diarrhea diseases. Abudus-Salam recalled that contaminated food and water were key drivers of the 2024 chol...