Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has reiterated the need for African governments to strengthen their national capacities for surveillance of diseases.
Prof. Chukwu speaking at the opening of a conference which focused on adequate surveillance system for quick prevention and control of the cross border diseases stated that “open and transparent information exchange are very critical in international health regulations which is the first pivotal step in ensuring an effective disease control effort.”
He noted that early detection and timely response to cholera and other Communicable diseases will ensure that the diseases don’t spread from localities where they originated to other regions and countries.
The Nigerian Minister of Health noted that diseases know no border and as such “these diseases have transverse boundaries which make the countries in the region vulnerable in the event of any outbreak of the any of the diseases.’
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