A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster The northern part of Nigeria is seated on the meningitis belt, which like other Sub African countries continue to experience cerebrospinal meningitis...
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NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Volume 8, No. 31 - 17 August 2018
Evaluating the 2018 Cerebrospinal Meningitis Response in Nigeria This week’s editorial focuses on After Action Reviews (AAR), as one of the four components of International Health Regulation...
NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Volume 8, No. 30 - 10 August 2018
Digitalising surveillance in Nigeria: Surveillance, Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS) This week’s editorial focuses on the Surveillance, Outbreak Response Management and...
NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Volume 8, No. 29 - 3 August 2018
Timely and complete reporting for disease surveillance In this week’s editorial, we review the importance of the use of timely and complete data in disease surveillance and response. The focus is on...
NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Volume 8, No. 28 - 27 July 2018
Validating and costing of National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) in Nigeria As one of the signatories of the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005), Nigeria conducted her Joint...
NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Volume 8, No. 27 - 20 July 2018
Developing Medium-term Strategies for Cholera Control in Nigeria As part of preparedness to develop medium and long term interventions for cholera control, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Volume 8, No. 26 - 13 July 2018
Risk profiling, vulnerability assessment, and resource mapping for health emergency planning in Nigeria The strategic risk assessment of public health events is critical for any country’s emergency...
NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Volume 8, No. 25 - 6 July 2018
Prioritising Niger'as Lassa fever research and development roadmap Between January and May 2018, Nigeria experienced its largest reported outbreak of Lassa fever. In responding to the outbreak,...
NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Volume 8, No. 24 - 29 June 2018
Raising Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Change Agents In the last two years, Nigeria has experienced outbreaks of Lassa fever, Monkeypox, Cerebrospinal meningitis, cholera and a resurgence of...
NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Volume 8, No. 23 - 22 June 2018
Coordinating Cholera Response Activities Since January 1st, 2018, a total of 11,696 suspected cases of Cholera have been recorded across 10 states. Of this, 129 are laboratory confirmed and the...
NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Volume 8, No. 22 - 15 June 2018
Prevention of cholera outbreaks through Safe Water Use and General Hygiene Practices Cholera is a disease condition associated with ingestion of contaminated foods and drinks and poor sanitary...
NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Volume 8, No. 21 - 8 June 2018
Improving preparedness and response: The Lassa fever after action review Following the end of the emergency phase of the 2018 Lassa fever outbreak, a critical next step is a review of the outbreak...
2017/2018 Cerebrospinal Meningitis Outbreak in Nigeria Situation Report (as at January 25, 2018)
HIGHLIGHTS NCDC and partners are currently implementing the 2017/2018 preparedness and response plan through the multi-agency CSM Emergency Operations Centre (EOC). This is the fifth situation...
End of Meningitis Outbreak in Nigeria, December 2016 - June 2017
Event description WHO was notified of an outbreak of meningitis by the Government of Nigeria on 20 February 2017. The first case was reported in Zamfara state during epidemiology week 50 (December...
Nigeria: Meningitis Outbreak Emergency Plan of Action operation update n° 1 (MDRNG021)
A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Since the first case of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) was reported in the North-Western Region of Nigeria in week 50 of 2016, not less than 4,255...
CSM: Nigeria declares outbreak over and underscores WHO’s role in combating the disease
Abuja 29 June 2017 - Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole on 28 June 2018, officially declared the Meningitis outbreak over. The declaration was made after the weekly Federal...
NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Volume 7, No. 23 - 23 June 2017
Standard case definition for case detection- focus on Cholera In the Epi-week ending 25th June 2017, the Cholera outbreak in Kwara state continued with a total of 1,429 suspected cases reported as at...
NCDC Weekly Epidemiological Report: Volume 7, No. 22 - 16 June 2017
Main Story Preparing to respond to a Cholera Outbreak Nigeria usually experiences outbreaks of Cholera during the rainy season. These outbreaks usually span from May up until September or October...
Nigeria Contingency Plan - Borno State: Rainy season 2017
PLANNING FIGURES 2,334,000 People in needs 148 Million USD Total Estimated budget 31 Million USD for preparedness 117 Million USD For response STRATEGIC SUMMARY The ongoing conflict in northeast...
Latest Meningitis outbreak over in Nigeria; Enhanced surveillance continues
23 June 2017 | Abuja - With the decline in Meningitis cases, the 2016/2017 Meningitis outbreak is over and the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) responding to the epidemic has been stepped down. The...