A suspected infectious disease has claimed the life of one child and affected other members of a family in Niger State.
The outbreak was disclosed during a two-day training on Infection Prevention and Control and Case Management during Disease Outbreaks organised by the United Nations Children’s Fund with funding from the United States Government, and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
The NCDC representative, Dr. Ali Wada Aliyu, said with the outbreak in Niger State, the NCDC has begun the training and equipping of IPC focal persons with facility-specific preparedness and response plans to strengthen the prevention, detection, and management of disease outbreaks in line with national guidelines.
The Director of Information Management in the state Ministry of Information and Orientation Yunusa Ibrahim disclosed that the state government has commenced a comprehensive investigation into a suspected infectious disease that has claimed the life of the child and affected other members of the same family.
The Director of Public Health in the ministry of health, Dr. Ibrahim Idris, disclosed during an assessment visit to the affected family that the ministry swiftly responded after a concerned father posted videos alleging that a strange illness had struck his household.
