The FCT’s medical staff was put on red alert by the resurgence of Ebola, cholera, and other infectious diseases
In the wake of reported cases of resurgence of Ebola and other communicable diseases such as cholera, smallpox, meningitis, measles and COVID-19, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has tightened its disease control regime in order to minimize its impact.
To this end, the Department of Public Health’s Division of Epidemiology, under the FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat (HHSS), has placed its staff on red alert.
FCT Director of Public Health Dr Sadiq Abdul Rahman revealed this while briefing the media in Abuja on the FCTA health sector’s readiness and response.
According to Dr. Sadik, the FCT is on high alert, although it has yet to experience any serious disease outbreaks during the year ended.
There is a periodic or weekly review, he said, which is conducted jointly with FCTA partners such as the World Health Organization, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention and disease control and notification officers, who are essential foot soldiers at the district council level.
“For the Ebola viral disease, a major global disease of public health concern, although it has not yet been seen in Nigeria except for the last case in 2014, but we are aware that there is already an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with many consequences for quite a few. of deaths and school closures.So, here (FCT) we have implemented a high alert mode even though we haven’t seen any cases yet.
“Therefore, proactive measures have been taken. Our monitoring system has been strengthened and FCT management has procured a large number of commodities especially for these major diseases like cholera which we have seen in 2021. We have gone on call visits to key stakeholders especially in district councils which had a high incidence of the disease during such outbreaks as AMAC, Kuje and Bwari, Dr. Sadiq said.
The FCT’s medical staff was put on red alert by the resurgence of Ebola, cholera, and other infectious diseases
