EBOLA: Nigeria awaits WHO clearance

 

World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to officially declare the Ebola Virus Disease over in Nigeria.

According to a statement signed by the Director of Information in the Ministry of Health, Mrs. Ayotunde Adesugba, WHO will soon make official declaration on the virus in the country.
Nigeria has curbed the virus which was imported into the country by one Liberia-American, Patrick Sawyer, in July. The country recorded seven deaths in the process.

The statement reads, “It is therefore expected that the World Health Organisation (WHO) will soon officially declare the EVD over in Nigeria.”
Meanwhile, health expert are expected to gather in Abuja on Thursday for a high level stakeholders’ meeting on EVD in the country.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, will declare open the meeting arranged under the auspices of the Treatment Research Group (TRG) on the Ebola Virus Disease.

The meeting, according to Adesugba will review the current national efforts, available resources, and develop a roadmap for research on Ebola and other emerging diseases among Nigerians, both in-country and in the Diaspora.
The outcome of the meeting will help to galvanize support on a common agenda among experts and stakeholders, including the organized private sector, that share similar concerns on EVD and other diseases in Sub Saharan Africa and globally.