{"id":31014,"date":"2022-06-21T09:29:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T09:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=31014"},"modified":"2022-06-21T09:29:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T09:29:39","slug":"ncdc-vows-to-prioritise-health-security-amid-competing-priorities-national-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/06\/21\/ncdc-vows-to-prioritise-health-security-amid-competing-priorities-national-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"NCDC vows to prioritise health security amid competing priorities national agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/06\/01\/nigeria-has-no-laboratory-where-monkeypox-virus-is-generated-ncdc\/\"><strong>Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),<\/strong><\/a> has vowed it will prioritise health security amid competing priorities on the national agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Director-General, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, made the vow on Monday in Abuja at the bi-weekly Ministerial Press briefing on COVID-19 and other infectious diseases in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">According to Adetifa, \u201cWe continue responding to infectious diseases, including Lassa, measles, cholera and yellow fever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cLast week, we reviewed our National Strategic Plan for Cholera Control. This is part of our collaborative efforts to keep cholera on the public health agenda and achieve a 90 per cent reduction in cholera deaths by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAt the risk of sounding like a broken record, we emphasise again that we must continue to practice good hand hygiene, environmental hygiene and proper respiratory etiquette, and other safety precautions for our safety and those around us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">While highlighting the COVID-19 trends globally and in-country, monkeypox, and the agency\u2019s ongoing activities to prevent and control infectious diseases in the country, Adetifa said that globally cases have continued to decline since a peak in January.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The NCDC DG said there were still COVID-19 reports, including from North Korea, currently struggling with an overwhelming number of cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn the UK, there was a 43 per cent rise in cases, with suggestions being that this is due to variants of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn countries like China, maintaining a zero COVID-19 policy, numbers considered minimal by other countries \u2013 166 \u2013 continue to result in immediate, consistent testing of affected persons and their contacts and lockdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAlternately, India reported 13,216 new COVID-19 cases and 23 deaths in 24 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHere in Nigeria, we have recorded a total of 256,573 confirmed cases with 3,144 deaths since the beginning of the outbreak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIf the above differing reports show anything, it is that we cannot afford to drop the ball on our preventive and response activities to the COVID-19 virus,\u201d he warned.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Adetifa said that with the commencement of the Hajj Pilgrimage in the country, the NCDC was supporting the Port Health Services to ensure that pilgrims meet the health protocol requirements of the Saudi Arabia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe continue to strengthen diagnostic capacity by adding<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0new laboratories to the COVID-19 network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">continue to engage with states to ensure regular reporting and response continuity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe have ensured continued working with the NYSC camps for safe reopening to minimize infection risk,\u201d h<\/span><span class=\"s1\">e said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">On Monkeypox, he said that globally,<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0between January 1 and 15 June, 2022, a cumulative total of 2,103\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">laboratory-confirmed cases, one probable cause, and one death were reported to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/06\/06\/world-environment-day-lasg-urges-environmental-protection\/\"><strong>World Health Organisation (WHO),<\/strong> <\/a>from 42 countries in five WHO Regions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn Nigeria,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">as of June 19, 2022, 41 confirmed Monkeypox cases and one death\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">have been reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAmong the 41 cases reported in 2022 so far, there has been no evidence of any new or unusual transmission of the virus (such as spreading among the MSM group), nor changes in its clinical manifestation documented in Nigeria (including symptoms, profile and virulence) as compared to other countries in the global north reporting cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cUnfortunately, just like the COVID-19 pandemic, we observe a repeating pattern of the media and the public magnifying this disease \u2013 endemic to Nigeria \u2013 due to the increasing number of reported cases worldwide,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">He disclosed that the NCDC has been part of many conversations in recent weeks on monkeypox and was also pushing for the destigmatisation of the disease and renaming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">He said that the global report of the disease in men, aged zero to 65 with a median age of 37; most self-identify as men who have sex with men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOur work continues as we encourage increased state surveillance nationwide and ensure that this focus on monkeypox enables the appropriate prioritisation of this disease which has quietly plagued people over the years,\u201d he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The NCDC boss said that the agency continues to lead the response through the Monkeypox Emergency Operations Centre, which was activated on May<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a025, 2022<\/span><span class=\"s1\">,\u00a0at a level 2 response.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe have sustained and intensified risk communication and community activities for monkeypox,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Adetifa said that research remains integral to the agency\u2019s work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAs such, we have prioritized enhanced research and surveillance for monkeypox to improve our understanding of the virus epidemiology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn collaboration with the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI), Vom, and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), we conducted animal surveillance in Adamawa State to investigate the possible role of rodents in the transmission of the virus,\u201d he explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has vowed it will prioritise health security amid competing priorities on the national agenda. The Director-General, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, made the vow on Monday in Abuja at the bi-weekly Ministerial Press briefing on COVID-19 and other infectious diseases in the country. 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