At the beginning of each new week, I draw some motivation from reflecting on the past week and this journey of building a strong system at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control @NCDCgovpic.twitter.com/A7gleiW4dX
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The last two weeks have been remarkable. From @DrTedros' visit to @NCDCgov, to the launch of our State Emergency Operations project @ZamfaraEoc, to recording the lowest number of new #Lassafever cases this year.......very gratefulpic.twitter.com/6liioYFy4i
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I visited the State Specialist Hospital in
#Gombe where a lab was set up years ago to provide public health diagnostic services for the#NorthEast. With the committed colleagues there, we're one step closer to rebuilding their capacity & strengthening our#yellowfever lab networkpic.twitter.com/18zCaAhfSR
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#RiskCommunications Team spent a week to brainstorm and develop a national plan for the country. This was one of the gaps identified during#NGJEE17 & one we have seen from outbreak to outbreak. Thank you@UNICEF_Nigeria for supporting our building processpic.twitter.com/a5zq8rI2RY
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Despite the outbreak, we continue to sustain the momentum on our preparedness activities. Our
#AntiMicrobialResistance Team met during the week and have developed a draft National#AMR surveillance plan. Thank you@obasanyaj@iruka_okeke for leadership#AMRActionNGpic.twitter.com/xwo8Sdqqds
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This year, we have seen a 60% decrease in
#Meningitis cases compared to the situation last year. We are not there yet but we keep pushing and building resilient systems especially in Statespic.twitter.com/zGUx6M4Jah
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Just like
@DrTedros said when he visited,#UniversalHealthCoverage &#HealthSecurity are 2 sides of the same coin. Our Team is supporting@NphcdaNG at the#Meningitis reactive vaccination campaign in#Katsina &#Zamfara#StrongerTogetherpic.twitter.com/d15Y63Xucb
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This week, we continue to push. In this article published on
@GlobalHealthBMJ, we shared a bit of the journey so far. We recognise we've an important responsibility to build a national#publichealth institute to effectively protect the health of Nigerians http://gh.bmj.com/content/3/2/e000712 …pic.twitter.com/OGv2CehoxN
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