“We need more people to understand the role of non-profit organizations and the impact they make in society.”
is the Managing Director/Chief Operating Officer , of the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria. Full of concern of the health of citizens in Nigeria especially those living with HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and other diseases in Nigeria, he speaks to The Guardian Life on wellness, impact and the coronavirus.We need more people to understand the role of non-profit organizations and the impact they make in society. As an organization, IHVN competes for grants and contracts.
We had the highest success rate in the world in terms of MDR-TB success rate. This is confirmed by the Global Fund and WHO. The centre where we recorded this MDR-TB success rate is presently being used in Lagos as the isolation centre for COVID-19. This same centre, which we were managing for MDR-TB patients, was used fight Ebola scourge. We had to release those patients and redistribute them to other centres when Ebola came.
If we complete the construction of our International Research Center of Excellence, which is nearing completion, and it comes alive, we can put heads together to promote public/private partnership for quality health services, capacity building and research in West Africa. We have a lot of smart scientists in Nigeria. When they come together, they have infrastructure. They don’t have to worry about power, IT, the basic laboratory things that they need.
I think the first thing is that people should not panic. What is causing some of these shortages is panic buying. We need to stop getting panicky about this. The good thing is that even if one gets infected, as long as you are a healthy young person you can survive it.
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