• About Us
  • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
Express Day
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Health
    • Education
    • Crime
    • Judiciary
    • Environment
    • Science & Technology
  • BUSINESS
    • Finance
    • Insurance
    • Agriculture
    • Aviation
    • Energy
    • ICT
    • Maritime & Transport
  • INVESTIGATIONS
  • ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS
  • SPORTS
Express Day
No Result
View All Result
Home NEWS Health

Infectious diseases: Experts from 15 ECOWAS countries converge on Abuja

ExpressDay by ExpressDay
February 11, 2020
in Health
0
ECOWAS raises committee to probe Nigeria’s land border closure
0
SHARES
86
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

 

By Danmaryam Zayamu

Health experts from 15 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) members countries are currently brainstorming in Abuja, Nigeria, in a bid to harmonize efforts in the prevention and control of public health threats from infectious diseases.

The brainstorming session which will last for two days, between February 11 and 12, will concentrate more on risk communication.

The workshop which aims to develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for risk communication between countries and regional entities and structures in public health emergencies (PHE) was organised by the West African Health Organization (WAHO) in a collaboration with the Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control (RCDSC) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Regional Pandemic Prevention Programme (RPPP).

It is being funded by the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

A statement, a copy which was made available to Expressday in Abuja, yesterday, revealed that the workshop is bringing together relevant stakeholders from the African region including other technical development partners.

“In public health events and emergencies, risk communication is a crucial part of mitigation, prevention, response and control and plays a pivotal role in the recovery process.

“It may serve different purposes, such as to awareness creation, encouraging protective behaviour, promoting acceptance of risks and management measures as well as involving actors in decision making.

“However, differing perceptions of risks in sub-groups (e.g. local communities, men, women and experts) as well as trust in disseminated information play a crucial role for the success and failure of risk communication,” the statement noted.

The overall objectives of the workshop, the statement said, include to discuss and develop the outline of two proposed SOPs for coordination of Risk Communication between ECOWAS Member States and regional ECOWAS entities in public health emergencies including cross-border events and to improve risk communication from regional ECOWAS entities with the media in public health emergencies; agree on the key content of the SOPs; define roles, responsibilities and relevant workflows of stakeholders involved and elaborate the base for a first draft of the SOPs.

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

Previous Post

Police in FCT rescue 4 kidnap victims

Next Post

Vice-Chancellor, Rector suspended for disobeying directive on TSA

ExpressDay

ExpressDay

Next Post
Vice-Chancellor, Rector suspended for disobeying directive on TSA

Vice-Chancellor, Rector suspended for disobeying directive on TSA

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Stay Connected test

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
NIPR inducts 327 new members

NIPR inducts 327 new members

December 2, 2023
Army mourns first female General, Aderonke Kale

Army mourns first female General, Aderonke Kale

November 11, 2023
Across cultures, Esther weds Bright December 9 

Across cultures, Esther weds Bright December 9 

November 26, 2023
NIPR FCT chapter dazzles Seat of Power with AGM, elections

NIPR FCT chapter dazzles Seat of Power with AGM, elections

November 22, 2023
Shettima endorses non-violence to resolve insecurity in S’East

Shettima endorses non-violence to resolve insecurity in S’East

December 6, 2023
Tinubu returns to Abuja after COP28 Summit

Tinubu returns to Abuja after COP28 Summit

December 6, 2023
COP 28: Ex-US Vice-President, Al Gore praises Nextier’s renewable energy initiatives

COP 28: Ex-US Vice-President, Al Gore praises Nextier’s renewable energy initiatives

December 5, 2023
Army chief visits Kaduna, apologises for aerial bombing of civilians

Army chief visits Kaduna, apologises for aerial bombing of civilians

December 5, 2023

Recent News

Shettima endorses non-violence to resolve insecurity in S’East

Shettima endorses non-violence to resolve insecurity in S’East

December 6, 2023
Tinubu returns to Abuja after COP28 Summit

Tinubu returns to Abuja after COP28 Summit

December 6, 2023
COP 28: Ex-US Vice-President, Al Gore praises Nextier’s renewable energy initiatives

COP 28: Ex-US Vice-President, Al Gore praises Nextier’s renewable energy initiatives

December 5, 2023
Army chief visits Kaduna, apologises for aerial bombing of civilians

Army chief visits Kaduna, apologises for aerial bombing of civilians

December 5, 2023

Follow Us

Browse by Category

  • Agriculture
  • Aviation
  • BUSINESS
  • Crime
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Energy
  • ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS
  • Environment
  • Feature
  • Finance
  • FOREIGN
  • Health
  • ICT
  • Insurance
  • INTERVIEW
  • INVESTIGATIONS
  • Judiciary
  • Maritime & Transport
  • Metro
  • NEWS
  • Oil and Gas
  • OPINION
  • PHOTO NEWS
  • Politics
  • Science & Technology
  • Security
  • SPORTS
  • TOP STORIES
  • Tourism

Recent News

Shettima endorses non-violence to resolve insecurity in S’East

Shettima endorses non-violence to resolve insecurity in S’East

December 6, 2023
Tinubu returns to Abuja after COP28 Summit

Tinubu returns to Abuja after COP28 Summit

December 6, 2023
  • About Us
  • Privacy Policy

© 2022 Express Day

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NEWS
  • BUSINESS
  • INVESTIGATIONS
  • ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS
  • SPORTS

© 2022 Express Day

%d