Disinfect surfaces regularly to prevent the spread of #COVID19 in your home, shops, offices and community.

#TakeResponsibility to protect yourself, loved ones, customers, employees and society at large.

#GetVaccinated

Let us all reduce the risk of #LassaFever infection and spread in our communities

🚫Eliminate rats in homes & communities using rat traps
🚫Block all holes in your house to prevent the entry of rats

Learn more via:
https://ncdc.gov.ng/news/350/lassa-fever-public-health-advisory

Store all food items away from contact with rats.

#LassaFever can be transmitted by food that has been contaminated with the urine and faeces of infected rats.

Cook food items properly before eating.

Complete your #COVID19 vaccine doses for full protection.

If you have received your first dose of Moderna, AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccine, kindly check the due date and get your second dose for full protection.

#YesToCOVID19Vaccine
#TakeResponsibility

Today, we celebrate the heroic efforts of all biomedical laboratory scientists for their role in diagnostic and preventive health care systems.🔬

What you do matters! Your work saves lives 👏🏼

Our latest #LassaFever situation report (epidemiological week 14) has been published.

Read via https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/sitreps/?cat=5&name=An%20update%20of%20Lassa%20fever%20outbreak%20in%20Nigeria

#HappyEaster Nigeria!

We wish you and your loved ones a happy, safe and healthy celebration!

Our weekly #COVID19Nigeria situation report(Epi Week 14) has been published.

The weekly #COVID19 situation reports provide a summary of the epidemiological situation, datasheet & response activities in Nigeria.

Download:
https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/sitreps/?cat=14&name=An%20update%20of%20COVID-19%20outbreak%20in%20Nigeria

#TakeResponsibility

Infection Prevention & Control #IPC is fundamental to the delivery of safe healthcare by workers and the provision
of safe services for patients.

Effective #IPC implementation is critical to preventing the spread of healthcare-associated infections.

🔗 https://ncdc.gov.ng/themes/common/docs/protocols/296_1649340294.pdf

#Lassafever is preventable.

Be a guardian of proper hand hygiene in your community

Promote frequent #handwashing with soap and running water.

The overall goal of Infection Prevention & Control is to maintain an environment of care that minimises risks of infection for patients, staff & visitors

These #IPC guidelines must be practised by all #HCWs in public and private primary, secondary & tertiary healthcare facilities.

Read more in the Nigerian Manual of Infection Prevention and Control:

https://ncdc.gov.ng/themes/common/docs/protocols/296_1649340294.pdf

#NCDCPublication📚

#Lassafever is a zoonotic disease transmitted through direct or indirect contact with rats.

Practice personal and environmental hygiene to prevent the infestation of rats in our homes and communities.

#TakeResponsibility

#NCDCPublication📚

Several disease outbreaks have been recorded in Nigeria in the last 10 years with imported cases of #Ebola in 2014, annual outbreaks of #YellowFever, #LassaFever, #CerebrospinalMeningitis, #cholera, #measles, and most recently, #COVID19.

In response to lessons learned from the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak, World Health Organization (WHO) accelerated the revision of the International Health Regulations - essential for addressing global health security, which Nigeria adopted in 2005 and came into force in 2007.

In this article, we share Nigeria's experience of conducting a country-led midterm self-assessment using a slightly modified application of the second edition of the WHO JEE and the new WHO benchmarks tool

🔗Read detailed article via
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/hs.2021.0095

Here are simple & effective actions to take to help protect yourself, family & community against #COVID19.

💉#GetVaccinated
😷Wear a face mask in public & indoor gatherings
🌬️Keep spaces well ventilated
🧼 Wash your hands frequently
🤒 Stay at home when ill

#TakeResponsibility