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‘The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has warned Nigerians to beware of scammers posing as the centre to defraud unsuspecting citizens’.

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https://theeagleonline.com.ng/ncdc-warns-nigerians-against-scammers/
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“Reopening our society doesn’t mean the virus is no longer with us. It means we have to learn to continue with our lives safely. This will require sacrifice in some areas.”

NCDC DG, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu on the Punch Newspapers.

📰 https://punchng.com/covid-19-has-stretched-nigerias-health-system-economy-ncdc-dg-ihekweazu/

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On the backpage of today’s Thisday Live, read our DG’s Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu article on Nigeria’s one year COVID-19 response journey and the future of Public Health: Coordination, Collaboration and Solidarity: One Year of COVID-19 in Nigeria.

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https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/02/27/coordination-collaboration-and-solidarity-one-year-of-covid-19-in-nigeria/
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In collaboration with World Health Organization Nigeria and UNICEF Nigeria, we conducted a state health security assessment workshop in Kebbi State.

This Leadership News article focuses on our efforts to strengthen epidemic preparedness at subnational levels.

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https://leadership.ng/who-ncdc-train-health-workers-on-epidemic-preparedness-in-kebbi/amp/

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“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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"Deliberate capacity building in clinical trials and vaccines research and development is required to improve our current state of preparedness, we need strong partnerships across the globe."

In this article by Punch Newspapers, read the insights of Prof. Babatunde Salako, DG Nigerian Institute of Medical Research at the #NiCAFE2021 into clinical trials and vaccine development, requirements, monitoring and evaluation, safety and protocols.

🔗https://punchng.com/why-nigeria-cant-make-vaccines-according-to-nimr/?amp