#NCDCInTheNews
‘It is difficult to gain public trust in a context of economic, social & security difficulties. Yet at NCDC, we have remained focused on our mandate.’
In this insightful piece, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), describes Nigeria’s response to the #COVID19 pandemic.
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https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/category/editorial/
‘It is difficult to gain public trust in a context of economic, social & security difficulties. Yet at NCDC, we have remained focused on our mandate.’
In this insightful piece, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), describes Nigeria’s response to the #COVID19 pandemic.
Read more via: 📰
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/category/editorial/
#NCDCInTheNews
‘The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has warned Nigerians to beware of scammers posing as the centre to defraud unsuspecting citizens’.
📑 Read via:
https://theeagleonline.com.ng/ncdc-warns-nigerians-against-scammers/
‘The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has warned Nigerians to beware of scammers posing as the centre to defraud unsuspecting citizens’.
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https://theeagleonline.com.ng/ncdc-warns-nigerians-against-scammers/
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“Reopening our society doesn’t mean the virus is no longer with us. It means we have to learn to continue with our lives safely. This will require sacrifice in some areas.”
NCDC DG, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu on the Punch Newspapers.
📰 https://punchng.com/covid-19-has-stretched-nigerias-health-system-economy-ncdc-dg-ihekweazu/
#TakeResponsibility
“Reopening our society doesn’t mean the virus is no longer with us. It means we have to learn to continue with our lives safely. This will require sacrifice in some areas.”
NCDC DG, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu on the Punch Newspapers.
📰 https://punchng.com/covid-19-has-stretched-nigerias-health-system-economy-ncdc-dg-ihekweazu/
#TakeResponsibility
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‘For Nigeria to contain #COVID19, increased testing must be a priority. Our primary responsibility is to support states, while they take ownership.’
ARISE.TV
📺 Full video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l5BqFoWZNc
‘For Nigeria to contain #COVID19, increased testing must be a priority. Our primary responsibility is to support states, while they take ownership.’
ARISE.TV
📺 Full video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l5BqFoWZNc
YouTube
COVID19- NIGERIA'S TESTING STRATEGY
It's six months into the Covid-19 pandemic, how much has changed in terms of testing in Nigeria. Arise News Amaka Udeh in this special report visits the National Reference Laboratory of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in the nation's capital, Abuja…
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‘Before you get into NYSC camp, you are tested. It is through the screening process that we have picked a few #COVID19 cases across the country. The cases are appropriately isolated & managed’
~ The Nation News
Read 📰: https://thenationonlineng.net/ncdc-no-infection-cases-in-nysc-camps/
‘Before you get into NYSC camp, you are tested. It is through the screening process that we have picked a few #COVID19 cases across the country. The cases are appropriately isolated & managed’
~ The Nation News
Read 📰: https://thenationonlineng.net/ncdc-no-infection-cases-in-nysc-camps/
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NCDC: no infection cases in NYSC camps
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday declared that there are no cases of COVID-19 inside the National Youth Service CorpsThe
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On the backpage of today’s Thisday Live, read our DG’s Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu article on Nigeria’s one year COVID-19 response journey and the future of Public Health: Coordination, Collaboration and Solidarity: One Year of COVID-19 in Nigeria.
Link👇🏽
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/02/27/coordination-collaboration-and-solidarity-one-year-of-covid-19-in-nigeria/
On the backpage of today’s Thisday Live, read our DG’s Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu article on Nigeria’s one year COVID-19 response journey and the future of Public Health: Coordination, Collaboration and Solidarity: One Year of COVID-19 in Nigeria.
Link👇🏽
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/02/27/coordination-collaboration-and-solidarity-one-year-of-covid-19-in-nigeria/
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In collaboration with World Health Organization Nigeria and UNICEF Nigeria, we conducted a state health security assessment workshop in Kebbi State.
This Leadership News article focuses on our efforts to strengthen epidemic preparedness at subnational levels.
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https://leadership.ng/who-ncdc-train-health-workers-on-epidemic-preparedness-in-kebbi/amp/
#TakeResponsibility
In collaboration with World Health Organization Nigeria and UNICEF Nigeria, we conducted a state health security assessment workshop in Kebbi State.
This Leadership News article focuses on our efforts to strengthen epidemic preparedness at subnational levels.
Read via:
https://leadership.ng/who-ncdc-train-health-workers-on-epidemic-preparedness-in-kebbi/amp/
#TakeResponsibility
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#NCDCInTheNews
In this interview with Guardian Nigeria, NCDC DG, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu discusses the response to the #COVID19 pandemic in Nigeria highlighting:
✅ The resurgence of #COVID19 cases in the country
✅ The emergence of the Delta variant
✅ How NCDC is addressing the situation
Read👇🏾
https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/we-are-preparing-for-possible-surge-in-covid-19-cases-says-ncdc/
In this interview with Guardian Nigeria, NCDC DG, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu discusses the response to the #COVID19 pandemic in Nigeria highlighting:
✅ The resurgence of #COVID19 cases in the country
✅ The emergence of the Delta variant
✅ How NCDC is addressing the situation
Read👇🏾
https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/we-are-preparing-for-possible-surge-in-covid-19-cases-says-ncdc/
The Guardian
We are preparing for possible surge in COVID-19 cases, says NCDC
Despite significant efforts, there is still ongoing transmission of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19, in Nigeria and across the world.
📢#NCDCInTheNews
“In the last month alone, we have been responding to an increasing number of COVID-19 cases, outbreaks of cholera in several states and the panic associated with the detection of a monkeypox case in the US with travel history from Nigeria. Every week, we detect cases of yellow fever, Lassa fever, measles, and other infectious diseases that are endemic in Nigeria.”
Read this article written by Guardian Nigeria on the just concluded Nigerian Conference of Applied and Field Epidemiology, 2021.
🔗 https://m.guardian.ng/features/health/experts-brainstorm-on-lessons-from-covid-19-pandemic-disease-outbreaks/amp/
#NiCAFE2021
“In the last month alone, we have been responding to an increasing number of COVID-19 cases, outbreaks of cholera in several states and the panic associated with the detection of a monkeypox case in the US with travel history from Nigeria. Every week, we detect cases of yellow fever, Lassa fever, measles, and other infectious diseases that are endemic in Nigeria.”
Read this article written by Guardian Nigeria on the just concluded Nigerian Conference of Applied and Field Epidemiology, 2021.
🔗 https://m.guardian.ng/features/health/experts-brainstorm-on-lessons-from-covid-19-pandemic-disease-outbreaks/amp/
#NiCAFE2021
The Guardian
Experts brainstorm on lessons from COVID-19 pandemic, disease outbreaks
Medical experts have warned that Nigeria is at risk of yearly, multiple, and concurrent disease outbreaks due to tropical climate, population density, and poor socioeconomic factors.
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"Deliberate capacity building in clinical trials and vaccines research and development is required to improve our current state of preparedness, we need strong partnerships across the globe."
In this article by Punch Newspapers, read the insights of Prof. Babatunde Salako, DG Nigerian Institute of Medical Research at the #NiCAFE2021 into clinical trials and vaccine development, requirements, monitoring and evaluation, safety and protocols.
🔗https://punchng.com/why-nigeria-cant-make-vaccines-according-to-nimr/?amp
"Deliberate capacity building in clinical trials and vaccines research and development is required to improve our current state of preparedness, we need strong partnerships across the globe."
In this article by Punch Newspapers, read the insights of Prof. Babatunde Salako, DG Nigerian Institute of Medical Research at the #NiCAFE2021 into clinical trials and vaccine development, requirements, monitoring and evaluation, safety and protocols.
🔗https://punchng.com/why-nigeria-cant-make-vaccines-according-to-nimr/?amp
Punch
Why Nigeria can’t make vaccines, according to NIMR
The Nigeria Institute of Medical Research has highlighted the opportunities and challenges holding it back from committing to the production of vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines in the country.
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Despite being a preventable disease, Nigeria has continued to witness incessant #cholera outbreaks in the past 30 years.
Read this article in Punch Newspapers on measures to curb the spread of #cholera amid #COVID19.
🔗https://punchng.com/curbing-spread-of-cholera-amid-covid-19/
Despite being a preventable disease, Nigeria has continued to witness incessant #cholera outbreaks in the past 30 years.
Read this article in Punch Newspapers on measures to curb the spread of #cholera amid #COVID19.
🔗https://punchng.com/curbing-spread-of-cholera-amid-covid-19/
Punch
Curbing spread of cholera amid COVID-19
WITH over 27,000 infections and 653 deaths recorded in 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory in the past seven months, Nigeria has now slipped into a cholera epidemic. In Jigawa, over 100 persons have died of the disease while 5,000 have been hospitalised…
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"The overall idea-sharing and views of the post-covid era from scientists and professionals at global, regional, and country levels have provided the opportunity to brainstorm strategies to build back better in various aspects of global health and health system strengthening"
Read the views of the speakers at the Nigerian Conference of Applied and Field Epidemiology #NiCAFE2021 of the post-COVID-19 era in this article in Vanguard News.
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/08/nicafe-2021-eight-experts-make-case-for-post-covid-19-era/
"The overall idea-sharing and views of the post-covid era from scientists and professionals at global, regional, and country levels have provided the opportunity to brainstorm strategies to build back better in various aspects of global health and health system strengthening"
Read the views of the speakers at the Nigerian Conference of Applied and Field Epidemiology #NiCAFE2021 of the post-COVID-19 era in this article in Vanguard News.
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/08/nicafe-2021-eight-experts-make-case-for-post-covid-19-era/
#NCDCInTheNews
“Prior to 2016, Nigeria did not have a functional public health reference laboratory despite the high burden of infectious diseases. Consequently, this affected our response to disease outbreaks,”
The #COVID19 pandemic so far has been a swift kick in the leg for Nigeria to strengthen the diagnostic capacity of health systems.
📰 thisdaylive.com:
https://dailytrust.com/beyond-the-petri-dish-preparing-labs-that-could-change-the-next-epidemic
“Prior to 2016, Nigeria did not have a functional public health reference laboratory despite the high burden of infectious diseases. Consequently, this affected our response to disease outbreaks,”
The #COVID19 pandemic so far has been a swift kick in the leg for Nigeria to strengthen the diagnostic capacity of health systems.
📰 thisdaylive.com:
https://dailytrust.com/beyond-the-petri-dish-preparing-labs-that-could-change-the-next-epidemic
Daily Trust
Beyond the petri dish: Preparing labs that could change the next epidemic
The emergency underscores a need for deliberate and sustained investment in the country’s health security–the only way to ensure Nigeria is better prepared.
#NCDCInTheNews
"For 12 years, the Nigeria Field Epidemiology Training Programme (NFETP) has developed field epidemiologic capacity to rapidly detect, respond to, and contain public health emergencies for Nigeria’s health security."
Read this article on the contributions of Nigeria's disease detectives to the world of field epidemiology.
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/09/what-nigerias-disease-detectives-contribute-to-world-field-epidemiology-day/
"For 12 years, the Nigeria Field Epidemiology Training Programme (NFETP) has developed field epidemiologic capacity to rapidly detect, respond to, and contain public health emergencies for Nigeria’s health security."
Read this article on the contributions of Nigeria's disease detectives to the world of field epidemiology.
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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/09/what-nigerias-disease-detectives-contribute-to-world-field-epidemiology-day/
#NCDCInTheNews
"We want to make sure that we are better prepared for the next pandemic and that we aren’t just participants in the consumption of vaccines and other technologies but are also participants in the basic science and research that leads to them.”
Guardian Nigeria articulates Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu's thoughts on 'What Africa will gain from World Health Organization (WHO)’s hub for pandemic, epidemic intelligence’
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https://guardian.ng/news/what-africa-will-gain-from-whos-hub-for-pandemic-epidemic-intelligence/
"We want to make sure that we are better prepared for the next pandemic and that we aren’t just participants in the consumption of vaccines and other technologies but are also participants in the basic science and research that leads to them.”
Guardian Nigeria articulates Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu's thoughts on 'What Africa will gain from World Health Organization (WHO)’s hub for pandemic, epidemic intelligence’
🔗Read via
https://guardian.ng/news/what-africa-will-gain-from-whos-hub-for-pandemic-epidemic-intelligence/
The Guardian
‘What Africa will gain from WHO’s hub for pandemic, epidemic intelligence’
Former Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and first Director of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) new Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence
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“We are currently in the middle of the third wave of #COVID19 in Nigeria. Transmission is driven mainly by the Delta variant, which has been associated with increased transmission."
"There will be occasional increases and decreases in the number of deaths, but generally the case fatality ratio has stayed below 2 per cent.”
- DG NCDC
Read:
https://thenationonlineng.net/46-die-in-one-week-as-cases-slow-down/?amp=1
“We are currently in the middle of the third wave of #COVID19 in Nigeria. Transmission is driven mainly by the Delta variant, which has been associated with increased transmission."
"There will be occasional increases and decreases in the number of deaths, but generally the case fatality ratio has stayed below 2 per cent.”
- DG NCDC
Read:
https://thenationonlineng.net/46-die-in-one-week-as-cases-slow-down/?amp=1
#NCDCInTheNews
“We cannot deny many Nigerians still react to any reference to #COVID19 with disbelief.
The virus is here and community transmission is occurring mostly silently, we should do all we can to prevent the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants capable of evading whatever immune protections we currently enjoy”
- Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, NCDC Director-General
https://tribuneonlineng.com/covid-19-ncdc-reiterates-commitment-to-deliver-its-mandate/
“We cannot deny many Nigerians still react to any reference to #COVID19 with disbelief.
The virus is here and community transmission is occurring mostly silently, we should do all we can to prevent the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants capable of evading whatever immune protections we currently enjoy”
- Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, NCDC Director-General
https://tribuneonlineng.com/covid-19-ncdc-reiterates-commitment-to-deliver-its-mandate/
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
COVID-19: NCDC reiterates commitment to deliver its mandate
NCDC says it will continue to deliver on its mandate to prevent, detect and respond to protect Nigerians from the deleterious impact
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This week, we collaborated with the Japan International Cooperation Agency-Nigeria to conduct a Knowledge Sharing Workshop for researchers from the NCDC & Japanese universities on ongoing & proposed research for tackling infectious diseases
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https://glonatnewsonline.com/japanese-agency-lauds-research-development-in-nigeria/
This week, we collaborated with the Japan International Cooperation Agency-Nigeria to conduct a Knowledge Sharing Workshop for researchers from the NCDC & Japanese universities on ongoing & proposed research for tackling infectious diseases
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https://glonatnewsonline.com/japanese-agency-lauds-research-development-in-nigeria/