Focus on Preventing Infections During Healthcare Delivery
ll across the world, there’s an increasing frequency of patients visiting the hospital for care but getting infected in the process. What is the role of healthworkers practicing infection prevention and control (IPC) in the reduction of such infections?The Nigerian Society for Infection Control (NSIC) hosted their 5th Annual Conference in Lagos from 15th – […]
Standardizing Support for Our Frontline Health Workers
Did you know Nigeria has several Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) Treatment Centers across the country where health workers manage patients with Lassa fever, yellow fever, monkey pox, and other dangerous infectious diseases? For these VHF Treatment Centers to thrive and provide quality care, health workers must be able to carry out their duties effectively and […]
Supporting an Infectious Disease Unit and Their Colleagues
For the health system to thrive, health workers must be fit to be able to carry out their duties effectively and safely. To help achieve this goal, we train health workers in the area of infection prevention and control (IPC). We spent 3 days building the IPC capacity of doctors, nurses and hygienists from Lagos […]