The federal government has geared up
plans to deploy about over 500 volunteers to neighbouring countries (Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone)
to help the West African nations contain the dreaded Ebola Virus
Disease (EVD).
The Minister of State and Supervising Minister of Health, Dr. Khaliru
Alhassan, stated yesterday in Abuja at the press briefing.
Khaliru stated that “506 volunteers have been identified and are ready for deployment to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone,” adding that the first contingent of 250 Nigerian experts will be deployed soon.
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He announced that President Goodluck Jonathan has approved that the
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) support these countries to
build local capacity of health workers to enhance their response.
He also noted that the significance of the declaration of Nigeria as
Ebola free meant that the nation’s strategies to fight the outbreak had
worked and Nigeria is now not to be listed among countries infected by
the deadly virus any longer, at least for now.
Alhassan maintained that “this achievement recorded by Nigeria’s public
health must not be taken for granted. Nigeria must consolidate on these
gains in making sure that the nation does not experience a resurgence
of the life threatening disease.”
The minister called for caution as the EVD still presents a major
threat to to the country and the rest of world until it is contained
and eliminated from all countries, particularly from the West African
sub-region otherwise Nigeria stands the risk of being re-infected. CONTINUE READING
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