"Africa has limited health facilities, health budget and health workers.

A new public health order is essential to tackle threats of infectious diseases"

- Dr John Nkengasong, Director Africa Centers for Disease Control

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"In Nigeria, we are faced with concurrent disease outbreaks: Lassa fever, cholera, cerebrospinal meningitis, monkey pox etc.

There is a need to streamline our coordination center to manage responses and align our incident operations with global best practices"

- Dr Everistus Aniaku, Assistant Director/ EOC Division Head

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➡ Disease exposure control and socio-economic factors in outbreaks

"Enforcement is a key consideration in disease exposure control.

Disease exposure is the process by which the spread of disease is minimised by limiting contact between uninfected individuals and other individuals who are potential spreaders of a contagious disease."

- Dr Akindele Adebiyi

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"Preparedness must include true community participation: citizens’ involvement in planning, implementation and evaluation of public health interventions"

➡ Disease exposure control and socio-economic factors in outbreaks

- Dr Akindele Adebiyi, President elect, International Epidemiological Association

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➡Private sector involvement in health security

"The bulk of the private sector are Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME's) and are the engines of the world.

The Coalition Against COVID-19 group (CACOVID) support was from the realistic view that the #COVID19 crisis impacted everyone's lives"

- Ms Zouera Youssoufou, Managing Director, Dangote Foundations

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"The private sector has a huge role to play in the health sector.

We need to strategise and think about translating science to speak a language the private sector can understand."

- Ms Zouera Youssoufou, Managing Director, Dangote Foundation

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➡Rapid vaccine development and equitable access for COVID-19 and other priority pathogens

"The vision of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations is to create a world where epidemics and pandemics are no longer a threat to humanity.

This is not the first pandemic of the 21st century and it won’t be the last"

- Dr. Richard Hatchett, CEO CEPI

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"We've set up the largest ever Lassa fever epidemiology study, which started in Nigeria in the year 2020.

We have made major investments in the development of vaccines, together with the NCDC and other partners.

Our aim should be to achieve equitable vaccine development and distribution"

- Dr Richard Hatchett, CEO, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

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Parallel oral presentations are live!

Thematic areas include:
➡Epidemiology and Social Sciences
➡Social Sciences and Community Engagement
➡Laboratory, Diagnostics and Epidemiology
➡Epidemiology and surveillance
➡Research, governance and health systems strengthening

Join via:
nicafe.ncdc.gov.ng

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📢#COVID19Nigeria case update as at the 28th of July, 2021

535 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-219
Akwa Ibom-142
Oyo-47
Rivers-17
Jigawa-13
Edo-13
Ekiti-11
Bayelsa-11
Ondo-10
Osun-9
Plateau-8
Ogun-7
Kaduna-7
Kano-5
FCT-5
Imo-4
Gombe-4
Nasarawa-3

172,263 confirmed
164,886 discharged
2,139 deaths

Today's report includes:

✅Data from Oyo State recorded over the last two days
✅Deaths reported from Akwa Ibom State for the 26th of July, 2021
✅0 cases reported from Sokoto State

A breakdown of cases by state via http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng

There has been a daily increase in the number of #COVID19Nigeria cases recorded.

#TakeResponsibility, the fight against #COVID19 requires a collective effort;

✅Always wear a face mask in public places
✅Wash your hands frequently with soap under running water
✅Maintain a distance of at least 2 arms length from those around you
✅Cough/sneeze into your bent elbow
❎Avoid large gatherings

📢#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/

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📢COMING UP

In few minutes, our senior epidemiologist, Dr Abiodun Egwuenu will be live on Channels Television to discuss the just concluded Nigerian Conference of Applied and Field Epidemiology #NiCAFE2021

🕙 6pm

Livestream 👇🏾
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-c8LoR84Xjs