Les mesures présentées dans le rapport sur la préparation mondiale aux pandémies revêtent une importance cruciale pour la gestion des futures épidémies.
- Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
Medidas descritas em relatório da OMS sobre a preparação para pandemias globais são de vital importância para o gerenciamento de surtos futuros
The steps set out in the report on global pandemic preparedness are vitally important for managing future outbreaks.
Les pays africains ne devraient ni céder leurs données sanitaires ni partager leurs agents pathogènes en contrepartie de financements des bailleurs.
African countries must not sign away their health data or release their pathogens in exchange for donor funding.
Nigeria needs to step up disease prevention and control and decentralise disease surveillance as the US pulls donor funding.
Les agents de santé africains ont plus de 50 ans d'expérience dans la lutte contre la fièvre jaune, Ebola, le mpox et la COVID-19. Il est crucial de valoriser cette expertise immédiatement.
African health workers have over 50 years of experience battling various outbreaks of yellow fever, Ebola, mpox and more recently COVID-19. This experience should be harnessed now.
This is an era of exciting advances in medical science. But Africa is in danger of being at the back of the queue once again. What should we be doing to make sure this doesn’t happen?
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Financial support for science and research in Nigeria remains pathetic. This has led to the deterioration in the quantity and quality of trained virologists at universities.
The chances of surviving Marburg are improved if there’s early supportive care with rehydration and symptomatic treatment.
Nigeria must step up its preparedness for mpox.
Properly engaged and monitored, Nigeria’s private sector can do more in COVID vaccination exercise.
Recent developments have shown that Nigeria requires improved surveillance to keep other diseases like Mpox at bay while battling COVID-19.
Experts assess Nigeria’s response to COVID-19 so far and express worry that the country does not appear to have learnt much; it isn’t prepared for the next pandemic.
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Nigeria’s health systems are overwhelmed and incapable of sustaining high quality disease surveillance, prevention, control and response.
Social media rumours are putting Nigeria’s vaccination campaigns at risk.
A disease suspected to be Mpox is on the rampage in Nigeria. In less than one month, it has spread to seven of the country’s 36 states and infected 31 people.
Lassa outbreaks are becoming more widespread in Nigeria but have not been given national emergency status like Ebola.
African leaders need to up their health allocations to help the new World Health Organisation Director-General meet his health care targets for the continent.
A new polio outbreak in Nigeria has hampered the country’s efforts to be declared polio free by 2017.
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