Ebola: Africa CDC urges African ownership, accountability in outbreak response
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Dr. Peter Adewuyi, a senior field epidemiologist, has urged the Nigerian government to rely on the country's trained epidemiologists to manage the confirmed Ebola case in the Federal Capital Territory. Adewuyi, who led contact tracing during Nigeria's 2014 Ebola outbreak, stated that the country possesses sufficient expertise to handle the response without needing foreign specialists.
He acknowledged that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) had initiated response measures early but expressed concern that the case was identified later than the recommended time. Adewuyi explained that Nigeria uses a surveillance benchmark known as the 7-1-7 target to assess the speed of public health threat identification, reporting, and response.
He emphasized that the detection, reporting, and response phases were satisfactory but the detection time was longer than the recommended eight to nine days. Adewuyi reiterated that Nigeria does not need external epidemiologists for the response, and the African Field Epidemiology Network is assisting NCDC by deploying more epidemiologists to strengthen field operations.
The Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) system plays a crucial role in monitoring disease outbreaks across various levels of the Nigerian health system.
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