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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention United States government has received equipment and supplies from the U.S Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to boost the country’s response to disease outbreaks and laboratory activities.
This was made known in a statement by the US Embassy in Abuja on Friday.
The donated supplies include biosafety cabinets, sample collection materials, essential laboratory commodities to ensure the quality and high outputs of Nigeria’s labs, and large amounts of personal protective equipment to help keep laboratory workers safe.
“Laboratories across Nigeria are working diligently to quickly detect disease threats and confirm cases. Their efforts are a critical part of every outbreak response. The volume of work generated by the ongoing responses to Lassa fever, diphtheria, meningitis, and other diseases, creates a continued need for resources.
“To help meet this need, Dr Farah Husain the Programme Director for US CDC’s Division of Global Health Protection, led the donation from US CDC to NCDC,” the statement partly read.
Husain emphasised that laboratories were a cornerstone of outbreak responses and thanked laboratory scientists for their vital work and commitment.
She noted that the donation and the work it enabled would help save lives in the laboratories and in the communities affected by outbreaks.
“Following the event, US CDC will support the distribution of the supplies to sub-national laboratories and health facilities supporting emergency responses across Nigeria,” Husain added.
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