Lagos State’s cholera response got a major boost as the Japanese government handed over a new shipment of emergency medical supplies and preparedness items to the state government. Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, Director, Public Affairs, Lagos Ministry of Health, in a statement on Friday, said the donation aimed to prevent a recurrence of the devastating 2024 cholera outbreak experienced in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, described the Japanese intervention as “immense and timely,” noting that the consumables would support not only cholera management but also other diarrhoeal diseases. Mr Abayomi, represented by Ismail Abudus-Salam, Director of Epidemiology, Biosecurity and Global Health, recalled that contaminated food and water were identified as major precursors duri...