Nigeria, across five states this week, said it has commenced the assessment of Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOC) for optimisation.
It said: ”We remain committed to strengthening sub-national health security as well as the capacity to manage disease outbreaks.
In 2018, we began the set-up of Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOC) to ensure a coordinated response to disease outbreaks at states levels.
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This year, states activated their PHEOCs in response to the largest Lassa fever outbreak & the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.”