Kano's Public Health Security Bill Sets a Model for Nigeria's Other States
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Ibukun Oguntola (Lead Writer) In a landmark step reported on January 19, 2025, the Public Health Security Bill was signed into law…
Strengthening Local Capacity for Disease Detection, Reporting, and Response
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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…
Assess. Learn. Improve: Enugu State's Journey to Closing Health Security Gaps
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By Chibuike Alagboso and Kenneth Ibe (Lead Writers) The re-emergence of infectious diseases is inevitable, as humans continue to interact with the…
Leveraging the Joint External Evaluation to Improve Health Security at Sub-National Level
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By Chibuike Alagboso and Onyinye Oranezi When the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Nigeria, Dr Johnson Simon Mafuka who heads…
Nigeria successfully completes Joint External Evaluation of International Health Regulations
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Nigeria has made commendable progress in fulfilling the requirements of the International Health Regulations (IHR). This is the verdict of the 7-day…