Malaria, TB Diagnosis: Global Fund Trains 464 Lab personnel in 9 States
- ✦In a troubling revelation, Ogun State Malaria Elimination Programme Manager, Mrs Olamide Adeyinka, said patients’ insistence on having malaria despite negative test results was contributing to inappropriate treatment and unreliable malaria statistics.
- Also, Assistant Director, Medical Laboratory Services, Ogun State, Dr Simon Ijiezie, warned that inaccurate diagnosis was exposing people without malaria to unnecessary medication and financial losses.
- The Assistant Director, Medical Laboratory Services, Ogun State Primary Health Care Board, Mr Atinsola Ayodeji Olalekan, said strengthening primary healthcare laboratories would reduce pressure on secondary and tertiary hospitals.
- In a troubling revelation, Ogun State Malaria Elimination Programme Manager, Mrs Olamide Adeyinka, said patients’ insistence on having malaria despite negative test results was contributing to inappropriate treatment and unreliable malaria statistics.
… Experts say poor tests fuel malaria misdiagnosisBy Chioma Obinna Poor laboratory testing, inaccurate malaria diagnosis and unnecessary prescription of antimalarial drugs remain major challenges undermining Nigeria’s fight against malaria, health experts have warned.
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Also, Assistant Director, Medical Laboratory Services, Ogun State, Dr Simon Ijiezie, warned that inaccurate diagnosis was exposing people without malaria to unnecessary medication and financial losses.
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The Assistant Director, Medical Laboratory Services, Ogun State Primary Health Care Board, Mr Atinsola Ayodeji Olalekan, said strengthening primary healthcare laboratories would reduce pressure on secondary and tertiary hospitals.
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In a troubling revelation, Ogun State Malaria Elimination Programme Manager, Mrs Olamide Adeyinka, said patients’ insistence on having malaria despite negative test results was contributing to inappropriate treatment and unreliable malaria statistics.
