The Federal Capital Territory Administration enhanced its disease surveillance system in response to reported cases of the comeback of Ebola and other communicable diseases in an effort to lessen its impact on the Territory.
This information was provided to the media in Abuja during a briefing on the preparedness and reaction of the FCTA health sector by Dr. Sadiq Abdulrahaman, director of the FCT Public Health Department.
As a result, at the direction of the FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat, the personnel of the Epidemiological Division of the Public Health Department have been placed on red alert.
The FCT remains on high alert, according to Sadiq, despite the fact that there haven’t been any significant illness outbreaks there in the last year.
He added that there was a periodic or weekly review done in conjunction with partners of the Administration, like the World Health Organisation, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, and Disease Surveillance and Notification officers, who were key foot soldiers at the Area Councils level.
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“For Ebola viral disease, which is a big global disease of public health concern, though it is not yet witnessed in Nigeria except for the last case in 2014, but we are aware that there is already an outbreak in DR Congo, with so much consequences from quite a number of deaths, and closure of schools. So, here (in the FCT), we have executed a high alert mode even though we have not witnessed any case yet. So, proactive measures have been taken,” he said.
Sadiq also said the FCTA had purchased commodities to contain the diseases, particularly in areas of the territory, most affected by the outbreak, including AMAC, Kuje and Bwari.
“Our surveillance system is heightened, and the FCT Administration bought quite a number of commodities, particularly for these key diseases like Cholera that we witnessed in 2021. We went on advocacy visits to key stakeholders especially in those Area Councils that had high potent of the disease during the outbreak such as AMAC, Kuje and Bwari,” he added.
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