Today is #WorldFoodDay🍚🍝🍏🥥🥜🌽🥔🥚🍍

Unsafe food can cause diseases such as #cholera, #LassaFever, #monkeypox

Encourage #SafeFood practices
➡️Keep food in covered containers
➡️Cook foods thoroughly
➡️Wash fruits & vegetables properly
➡️Use safe water
➡️Practice good hygiene

Our #Monkeypox situation report provides a summary of the current epidemiological situation in Nigeria, and our preparedness and response activities.

Download via
https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/sitreps/?cat=8&name=An%20Update%20of%20Monkeypox%20Outbreak%20in%20Nigeria

Visit a healthcare facility when experiencing symptoms associated with #Monkeypox for diagnosis and proper care.

Symptoms include:
➡️Sudden fever
➡️Headache
➡️Body pain and weakness
➡️Sore throat
➡️Enlargement of glands
➡️Rash on the face, palms, soles of the feet and genitals

#Monkeypox is transmitted from human to human through contact with an infected person or contaminated materials and exposure to respiratory droplets.

Visit a health facility close to you for proper treatment if you notice #monkeypox-associated symptoms.

#StaySafeStayHealthy

Prevention and control of zoonotic diseases require the collective effort of the human, animal and environmental sectors.

Examples of these diseases are #LassaFever, #Measles, #Cholera, #Rabies, #Monkeypox, #EbolaVirusDisease, #AvianInfluenza etc.

Zoonotic, water/food borne & vector-borne diseases eg. #cholera, #LassaFever, #measles, #monkeypox etc. repeatedly pose threats to humans & animals with significant disability & death rates

Nigeria's #OneHealth strategic plan aims to tackle this challenge
🔗https://ncdc.gov.ng/themes/common/docs/protocols/93_1566785462.pdf

Healthcare workers are advised to always practice standard precautions when caring for patients.

Maintain a high index of suspicion for #Monkeypox, especially for patients presenting with fever and vesicular/pustular rash.

Advisory: https://ncdc.gov.ng/news/367/public-health-advisory-on-monkeypox

#Monkeypox is preventable.

❌Avoid contact with sick/dead animals
✅Cook all animal meats & products properly before eating
✅Wash hands after handling animals & caring for/visiting sick people
❌Avoid close/skin-to-skin contact with infected persons or persons showing symptoms

Avoid self-medication.

Visit a healthcare facility close to you for accurate diagnosis and treatment when you observe any symptoms associated with #monkeypox.

Public Health Advisory: https://ncdc.gov.ng/news/367/public-health-advisory-on-monkeypox

#TakeResponsibility

Since the re-emergence of #Monkeypox in 2017, Nigeria has recorded confirmed cases of the disease across the 36 States and FCT every year.

What is #Mpox❓

What is #Mpox❓
How does it spread❓
What are the signs and symptoms❓
How can you prevent it❓
What should you do when you notice symptoms associated with #Mpox❓

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