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The disease agency presented the supplies to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, 12 April, “to help the country sustain the quality of laboratory outputs.”The CDC’s Programme Director for Global Health Protection, Farah Husain, who led the agency’s team to NCDC, said the donation is to help Nigeria resolve the difficulties caused by disease outbreaks, noting that laboratories are a cornerstone of outbreak responses.
“The United States is committed to working hand-in-hand with Nigeria to build response capacity and protect the health of our people,” even as she added that: “The U.S. Government, via the U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, is proud to donate equipment and supplies to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention to support emergency response laboratory activities.”
“More importantly, in terms of global health security, one of the major focuses is collaboration and partnerships both internationally, nationally, and sub-nationally because everybody is coming in with different expertise, and we will not necessarily have all the expertise we need, but with this kind of collaboration in boosting productivity.”
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