📢Nigeria #OneHealth Conference: 1 hour to go

Don't miss A call to action towards building a One Health Community-based Network.

Time: 9 AM - 2 PM

Event platform is OPEN!

🔗Register to get access to the event: http://bit.ly/OneHealth22

Our appreciation to all who joined the virtual Nigeria #OneHealth Conference.

We remain committed to strengthening the prevention, detection, & response to infectious diseases using a #OneHealth approach.

📰Read our published press release
https://ncdc.gov.ng/news/410/nigeria-one-health-conference-2022%3A-a-call-to-action-towards-building-a-one-health-community-based-networks

Its #WorldRabiesDay

More than 95% of #rabies cases in humans are from dog bites.

This year, we join the global community to call for strengthened health systems and #OneHealth collaborations to ensure zero deaths from #rabies.

#OneHealthZeroDeaths

#OneHealthNigeria aims to build a nation of healthy people, animals & environment.

Some issues requiring the #OneHealth approach include:
➡Zoonotic diseases eg. #LassaFever, #rabies
➡Environmental contamination
➡Water/Food safety
➡#AntimicrobialResistance

#OneHealth approach recognises that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment.

This #OneHealthDay, we reiterate the importance of joint efforts to address public health concerns at the human-animal-environment interface.

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

#AntimicrobialResistance is a global concern affecting everyone, everywhere, including users & non-users of #antimicrobials

Our National Action Plan for Antimicrobial Resistance incorporates a #OneHealth approach to contain #AMR in Nigeria

Read & share:
https://ncdc.gov.ng/themes/common/docs/protocols/77_1511368219.pdf

⏳ONE HOUR TO GO

Register to join our Head of Comms, Dr Yahya Disu at the @WHO EPI-WIN webinar to discuss the importance of a #OneHealth approach in "Preventing Epidemics & Pandemics in Communities"

🗓️TODAY, 13 September 2023
🕚12:00 P.M.

🔗https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/09/13/default-calendar/epi-win-webinar-preventing-epidemics-and-pandemics-in-communities--through-the-one-health-approach

This #WorldRabiesDay2023, let's unite for a common cause: protecting the health of humans, animals & the environment!

Embrace the "All for 1, #OneHealth for all" theme and join the fight against rabies.

Raise awareness ✅
Vaccinate your pets✅

Together, we can make a rabies-free world a reality!

Recent global health events including the #COVID19 pandemic and #mpox outbreak, are examples of diseases emerging as a result of close contact between animals and people.

#OneHealth approach recognises the close connection between the health of people, animals, and the environment and the role this connection plays in the spread of diseases.

#OneHealthNigeria
#OneHealthDay2023