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By Nigeria Health Watch | May 13, 2019

Isolate, trace and respond: How a new emergency operations centre has improved outbreak response in Kebbi

By Bashar Abubakar Dr. Assad Hassan had just graduated from the prestigious Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (NFELTP) when he received the urgent call to take on the role of State Epidemiologist to head up the newly established Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) in Kebbi State. He and his newly assembled team had […]

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Isolate & Cure: Katsina could stop spread of outbreaks with isolation centres

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 14, 2019

A one-year-old child with suspected measles is lying in one of the small rooms outside the emergency paediatric unit of the General Hospital, close to the Emir’s palace in Katsina city. He was brought in two days ago and is surrounded by his mother and two other relatives. The boy is just one of the many […]

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