In January this year, NCDC launched the ‘#OrangeNetwork’ project to support selected health facilities in #Nigeria become centres of excellence on infection prevention & control over a five year period.

Strengthening sub-national #HealthSecurity.

“The #COVID19 outbreak presents an opportunity to put infection prevention & control(IPC) on the national agenda like never before. Our goal through the ‘#OrangeNetwork’ is to ensure IPC is an essential part of health care delivery & public health response.” ~ Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, DG NCDC

In 2019, we launched the #TurnNigeriaOrange campaign, a strategy for our National #InfectionPreventionandControl programme, with an overarching goal to support, establish & mentor a network of healthcare facilities across Nigeria to serve as centres of excellence for #IPC.

Yesterday, the #NCDCTeam joined the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, a centre of excellence in the #OrangeNetwork to commemorate the #WorldHandHygieneDay2022.

We continue to work with health facilities in the network to consolidate the milestones recorded so far.