The Federal Government is partnering with Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, for emergency vaccine donations in case of a shortage amidst an expectant surge in cholera outbreaks across the country.
The Chief Executive Officer of Gavi, Dr Sania Nishtar, in a post on her X on Thursday, said the body was concerned about the cholera outbreak in Nigeria and was ready to support the country in its response.
This is as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, on Monday, said it had activated the Emergency Operation Centre, EOC to contain the gravity of the situation in the country.
The Director General of the NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, said the EOC would serve as the nerve centre for the coordination of response across the country.
It would also support affected states, and facilitate rapid communication, data analysis, and decision-making processes.
He noted that experts who conducted the risk assessment last week placed Nigeria at high risk of increased cholera transmission and impact.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, has called for a multi-sectorial approach to forestall outbreaks of infectious diseases like Cholera, Typhoid Fever and Tuberculosis.
He said the approach should not only be biomedical which is curative, noting that many diseases are socially determined.
Pate, therefore, said the right public policies must be put in place to provide social safety nets for vulnerable and poor people.