By Chioma Obinna
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has revealed that only five per cent of people presenting with fever in Lagos actually have malaria.
Read Also: US publishes names, photos of 124 Nigerians marked for deportation
He warned that the long-standing practice of treating every fever as malaria is fuelling misdiagnosis, unnecessary drug use and antimicrobial resistance.
Abayomi made the remarks in a post on his official X handle, @ProfAkinAbayomi, following a special session on fever management hosted by the World Bank Nigeria Country Office.
