Abuja — In a concerted effort to prevent the resurgence of Ebola
Virus Disease (EVD) in Nigeria, the Federal Government has evolved a 41
million dollar-plan for the post-containment preparedness, prevention
and control of the disease.
The Supervising Minister and Minister of State for Health, Khaliru
Alhassan, disclosed this in far away Brussels, Belgium, while giving an
address at the European Union (EU) High-level International Conference
on Ebola.
The EU High-Level International Conference on Ebola was organised to
take stock of the fight against the outbreak, coordinate further action
for the total eradication of the disease and discuss the recovery
process in countries, which have been most affected by the disease
Alhassan, however, called on the European Union (EU) to support the
concept of medical diplomacy with concrete long term solutions in the
health sector, which can help strengthen health infrastructure and
systems of developing nations, especially those nations in which the
economy and healthcare systems had been affected adversely by the
outbreak of the virus.
According to a statement by Ayo Adesugba, the Director of Press of
the Health Ministry, the minister observed that the concept of medical
diplomacy has emerged strongly in recent times due to frequent outbreaks
of diseases with great pandemic potential.
While sharing Nigeria's experience and ability to speedily contain
the Ebola Virus Disease, the minister attributed Nigeria's success to
"strong government leadership; effective control measures put in place
to interrupt transmission of the virus; collaboration among the various
tiers of government; robust multi-sectoral cooperation; early community
engagement and aggressive public enlightenment."
The Alhassan also stressed that close collaboration with the World
Health Organization (WHO), the US Centres for Disease Control, (CDC), EU
CDC, China CDC, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and
other development partners, as well as civil society groups, was
paramount in containing the disease.
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