This was contained in a press statement made available to our correspondent by the United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria on Tuesday.
GEEKS is a capacity-building program funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and implemented by the Africa Field Epidemiology Network and the Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria.
The cohort included seven fellows from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control.
The fellows also developed a routine immunisation and vaccine-preventable diseases dashboard for Nigeria’s Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System to link immunisation coverage with outbreaks. Both dashboards will help inform and improve Nigeria’s public health programming and response efforts.
Recruitment for the fourth cohort is currently underway and will include staff from NPHCDA, NAFDAC, NCDC, and the Federal Ministry of Health. The training and mentorship sessions will take place from May 2023 to April 2024 and will focus on building the capacity of subnational-level government staff.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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