Do not save your drugs for later or share them with another person.
Ensure you complete your dosage as prescribed by a healthcare worker.
Play your part to prevent #AntimicrobialResistance.
These results from this #Lassa fever vaccine trial are very welcome from our perspective as the @NCDCgov that has had to respond to record numbers of Lassa fever cases in 2023 already. As the editorial surmises, results from next phase trials in places like Nigeria will be key.
We have published our situation report on #diphtheria.
This report provides a summary of the #diphtheria outbreak, the current epidemiological situation in Nigeria, and our preparedness and response activities.
Download via
https://t.co/UnngQhNrn9
We are excited to announce that @ESCAIDE 2023 will be hosted by Spain's Ministry of Health (@sanidadgob) in Barcelona!
We look forward to being on the road again. ESCAIDE will also travel to Warsaw, Poland (2025) and Prague, Czechia (2027).
Learn more:
https://t.co/Sw0AFBbqMq
High-Level Emergency Ministerial Meeting on Cholera Epidemics & Climate-Related Public Health Emergencies in Malawi |
What just happened and what's next?
Watch here the interview by Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, Acting Director, @AfricaCDC.
#NewPublicHealthOrder#EndCholera@laktarr001
The @GGHNigeria team has been working with @NCDCgov to strengthen institutional processes. We are prioritizing developing process models. This is the graphic representation of business processes. It identifies issues and predicts change processes. #PHEMCoE
There are currently no cases of #MarburgVirusDisease in Nigeria. However, measures have been taken to strengthen preparedness for #MVD in Nigeria.
Nigerians are urged to AVOID ALL BUT ESSENTIAL TRAVEL to Equatorial Guinea at this time.
📜Press release:
https://t.co/xVan3DuMWK
Early diagnosis and treatment save lives.
Visit a healthcare facility close to you when you observe symptoms associated with #diphtheria.
#StaySafeStayHealthy
Organizational culture has a profound effect on an employee. As @GGHNigeria continue to implement PHEMCoE @NCDCgov, we will continue to support the team building spirit, open collaboration and openness.
Africa is witnessing an exponential rise in cholera cases. In January alone, new cases rose by more than 30% of the total caseload reached in the whole of 2022.
Great working with #BPHI displaying their leadership role as an #NPHI at the brainstorming session for Botswana's EOI to @WorldBank Pandemic Fund, with @MoHWBotswana, @WHOBotswana. @GU_CGHPI, @GGHNigeria will continue work with NPHIs to strengthen them as Health Security leaders.
Innovative solution for quality data! Our Health Informatics team developed a Data Monitoring Tool for #NigeriaProtect to proactively maintain high data standards, track the progress of data entries in the facilities from a dashboard & manage workforce performance on the field.
#Lassafeverinfo
Our latest Lassa Fever Situation Report has been published on our website (week 4).
This week's situation report and that of previous weeks can be downloaded via https://t.co/bJgujjVUGH
It was a great interactive session with the Executive secretary and his team. It further allowed us to collaboratively leverage the local, sustainable approaches adopted for the special intervention to strengthen public health interventions in security-challenged locations.