•Holds Training On Five Epidemic Prone Diseases
By Chioma Umeha - June 6, 20180
Lagos – In a bid to expand the knowledge and
awareness on the five priority, epidemic prone diseases- Cerebrospinal
Meningitis (CSM), Cholera, Yellow Fever, Lassa Fever and Measles in the
country, Nigeria Centre for Disease and Control (NCDC) weekend, organised
training for health editors in Lagos.
In his opening remarks, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu,
National Coordinator/ Chief Executive Officer, NCDC, said that the goal of the
training is to build the capacity of the media to generate awareness on the
five diseases and impact of the
centre’s interventions.
Dr. Iheakweazu also said that the objective is to
provide information and improve the consciousness of the media on CSM and NCDC
interventions as well as their impact.
The infectious disease epidemiologist further said
that the training targets to equip media professionals with skills to
disseminate information and enhance the quality of their reports.
Similarly, the training’s aim is to expand the
network of journalists who specialize in writing and broadcasting
authoritatively on CSM, Dr Iheakweazu who is also a consultant in public health
medicine added.
Corroborating the NCDC National Coordinator, Dr.
Joshua Obasanya, Director, explained that the essence of the training is to
link media practitioners to experts on CSM who will serve as sources for
information among other vital resources in the area.
