Happy Friday!

Be sure you keep yourself and others safe from #COVID19 this weekend.

#TakeResponsibility to #DoItAll👆🏾

Our national #monkeypox public health response guideline includes specific measures on early detection & prompt reporting of suspected cases, strengthening surveillance & laboratory diagnosis & instituting public health control measures

Read & share via https://ncdc.gov.ng/themes/common/docs/protocols/96_1577798337.pdf

#Publication📚

This BMJ Global Health he paper describes how a unique communication campaign, ‘#TakeResponsibility', was developed and implemented by our crisis communication team as a critical part of Nigeria’s response to the #COVID19 pandemic.

Read via:
https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/6/e008846

Happy #DemocracyDay Nigeria!

Let us all come together to build a country where #HealthForAll is achieved.

#StrongerTogether

Declining attention to #COVID19 does not mean the pandemic is over!

#TakeResponsibility to protect yourself & others around you from #COVID19.

✔️Wash your hands frequently
✔️Wear a mask in public spaces
✔️Keep spaces ventilated
✔️Get vaccinated
✔️Cough/sneeze into your elbow

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

Hand hygiene is one of the most effective ways to reduce the spread of infectious diseases like #COVID19, #Monkeypox and #cholera.

Make adequate provisions to ensure hand hygiene at entry points of public spaces.

#TakeResponsibility

Our #COVID19Nigeria situation report(Epi Week 21 & 22) has been published

The situation report provides a summary of the epidemiological situation, datasheet & response activities in Nigeria

This report is now published BI-WEEKLY

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

#TakeResponsibility

Our #Monkeypox situation report as of 12th June has been published.

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

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

#NCDCPublication📚

Risk perception is a key area in health & risk communication that affects how people deal with hazards.

The comparatively low number of #COVID19 cases & death recorded in Nigeria has been hypothesised to contribute to the low perception of risk in the country.

In this peer-reviewed article, we published findings of an analysis conducted on the changes in risky behaviours during the first and second waves of #COVID19Nigeria.

🔗Read and share findings via
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/4/e058747

📰What's wrong with this monkeypox picture?

“In the global connected world, it’s important that we all work together to stop outbreaks anywhere they happen” - DG, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa

Carmen Paun & Daniel Payne write on the current issue of #monkeypox.

Read: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/global-pulse/2022/06/09/whats-wrong-with-this-monkeypox-picture-00038189

Washing your hands is still an effective way to reduce the spread of #COVID19 and other infectious diseases.

Be sure to wash your hands frequently with soap under running water.

If water is not available, use a hand sanitiser.

#TakeResponsibility

📜Public Health Advisory

➡ What is #Monkeypox & how is it transmitted?
➡ What are the symptoms?
➡ What are the recommended #InfectionPreventionandControl measures for the general public, #healthcare workers, veterinarians, pet owners & hunters?

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