The deputy governor of Bayelsa, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, warned its citizens of a likely disease outbreak following the flood.
Ewhrudjakpo disclosed this while opening the 10th annual general meeting and scientific conference of the Nigerian Infectious Diseases Society (NIDS) in Yenagoa.
This year’s programme was themed; “Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response: Challenges and Prospects for Resource-Constrained Settings.”
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The deputy governor, who was represented by the Commissioner For Health, Pabara Igwele, expressed the hope that NIDS would use the conference to discuss infectious disease preparedness and response.
He said:
“The need to have discussions around infectious disease preparedness and response cannot be over-emphasised as we anticipate the outbreak of diseases after the flood, especially cholera, typhoid, increasing number of Monkeypox and COVID-19 cases and many other diseases.
“The discussions around your theme will hopefully be the panacea for managing infectious diseases viz-a-vis emerging and re-emerging diseases.”
The president of NIDS, Dimie Ogoina, while speaking said the NIDS had played a leading role in advancing the prevention and control of infectious diseases in the country.
This, according to the Ogoina, was done through advocacy, education, training, public sensitisation, research, and partnership.
He added that its members are at the forefront of various national and international committees relating to infectious diseases.
The chairman, Board of Directors of NIDS, Idris Mohammed, through his representative, Abdulsalam Nasidi, regretted that epidemic-prone infectious diseases have continued to occur in epidemic and, at times pandemic proportions, which have caused a lot of disruptions in life and livelihood.
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