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Global Leaders Convene at the Pandemic Preparedness Summit to Tackle Future Health Crises

August 4, 2024

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Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead writer)Leaders from across the world working on various aspects of health emergency preparedness and response gathered in Rio de…

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Strengthening Local Capacity for Disease Detection, Reporting, and Response

By Ibukun Oguntola

November 9, 2022

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Larry Brilliant, a renowned epidemiologist, once said that “outbreaks are inevitable, but pandemics are optional.” Globally, this inevitability of outbreaks has been…

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Courage in the midst of fear; How Kano contained its current Lassa Fever outbreak

By Bashar Abubakar

February 17, 2020

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It was the last day of 2019. Everyone, including health workers at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), the largest healthcare facility in…

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Detect and Respond: How Edo State is responding to the Yellow Fever outbreak

By Chibuike Alagboso

December 14, 2018

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The new Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) is alive with activity on a Monday morning in Benin City, capital of Edo…

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Global Leaders Convene at the Pandemic Preparedness Summit to Tackle Future Health Crises

Strengthening Local Capacity for Disease Detection, Reporting, and Response

Courage in the midst of fear; How Kano contained its current Lassa Fever outbreak

Detect and Respond: How Edo State is responding to the Yellow Fever outbreak

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