Chioma Umeha
The Lagos State Government says it is set to adopt
a one-health approach to enhance response to biological threats including Ebola
and Lassa Fever, among others.
Dr. Jide Idris, the State Commissioner for Health,
made the disclosure on Tuesday in Lagos.
Idris said the government was developing a
Bio-banking capacity and a Bio-security framework along the lines of the
one-health model and the global health security agenda for optimal health
outcomes.
According to him, One- Health recognises the
interconnection between people, animals, plants and their shared environment
and documents that six out of every 10 infectious diseases in human are
transmitted from animals.
“The global approach in the preparedness and
response to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases involves the
implementation of One-Health model as part of the Biosecurity agenda of the
state.
“It is a collaborative, multi-sectoral,
trans-disciplinary approach operating at the local, state, national and global
levels with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes,” he said in a
statement by the Lagos State Ministry of Health.
The commissioner said that part of its prevention
and containment response to biosecurity threats led to
