Today the first cohort of the Regional Public Health Emergency Management Training graduated in Abuja.
The intermediate level training was hosted by the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) in collaboration with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
Seventeen public health emergency operations center staff members from countries across the region (Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Liberia, and Mali) participated in the two-week training.
They learned and strengthened the skills needed to effectively operate incident management systems for outbreak preparedness and response.
As a result, the region is now better equipped to prepare for and respond to epidemics and pandemics.
In her remarks at the graduation ceremony, the US CDC Division of Global Health Protection Acting Programme Director Asmau Aminu-Alhaji thanked the graduates for their dedication to public health both at home and across the region and highlighted the importance of public health collaboration and communication across borders.
The Public Health Emergency Management Professional Certification Programme is part of the US Government’s support for global health Security in Nigeria and globally.
It provides emergency operations staff and other public health experts with specialised training in public health emergency management, operations, and other critical preparedness and response skills.
