“Nigeria is a signatory to global health security towards securing the health of the population.' Nigeria YemiOsinbajo AMLSN
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for a coordinated approach to tackle infectious diseases in the country.Speaking at the international conference on Global Health Security organised by the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria in Abuja, Prof. Osinbajo noted that with the world becoming a global village, and increased human movement across countries, the risk of infectious disease spread increased tremendously.
“With the world becoming a global village and increased human movement across countries, the risk of infectious diseases spreading has increased tremendously. Global Health Security Agenda raises to the core the need for sustainable laboratory systems,” he said. He recalled that Nigeria had been confronted with various outbreaks like Ebola virus, avian influenza, monkey pox, yellow fever and laser fever, adding that there had been significant improvement in prevention, detection and surveillance as well as response to the diseases despite casualties recorded during their outbreaks.
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