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Kano trains health workers in bio-risk, disease surveillance

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  • Kano State Government trained Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers from seven local government areas in bio-risk management and zoonotic disease sample collection.
  • The two-day workshop, organized by the Ministry for Livestock Development and KNCDC with support from Core Group Partners Project, aimed to enhance public health preparedness.
  • The training focused on improving capacity in bio-risk management, safe sample handling, and strengthening surveillance systems, particularly in high-burden areas for zoonotic diseases.

The Kano State Government has taken a proactive stride in bolstering its public health infrastructure by successfully conducting a comprehensive two-day workshop focused on Bio-risk Management and Zoonotic Disease Sample Collection. This initiative, orchestrated by the Ministry for Livestock Development in conjunction with the Kano State Centre for Disease Control (KNCDC) and supported by the Core Group Partners Project, signifies a crucial step towards enhancing the state's preparedness against potential health threats.

Kano State Government has taken a significant step toward strengthening public health preparedness with the successful completion of a two-day workshop on Bio-risk Management and Zoonotic Disease Sample Collection.

— Prof. Mohammad Adamu AbbasHighlighting the importance and success of the training initiative.

The training specifically targeted Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers from seven identified high-burden local government areas: Doguwa, Tofa, Takai, Kura, Dawakin Tofa, Kumbotso, and Bunkure. The primary objective was to equip these frontline health workers with advanced skills in managing bio-risks, ensuring the safe and effective collection and handling of samples related to zoonotic diseases, and reinforcing the surveillance and reporting mechanisms across the state. This focus on high-burden areas ensures that resources are directed where they are most critically needed.

The primary objective of the training was to enhance the capacity of frontline health workers in bio-risk management, improve the safe collection and handling of zoonotic disease samples, and strengthen surveillance and reporting systems across the state.

— Prof. Mohammad Adamu AbbasOutlining the key goals and expected outcomes of the workshop.

Professor Mohammad Adamu Abbas, Director General of the KNCDC, emphasized the workshop's success in significantly upgrading the technical capabilities of surveillance officers. He highlighted the importance of timely and accurate disease reporting in preventing outbreaks and reaffirmed the state government's commitment to continuous capacity building, logistical improvements, and enhanced community engagement. The training also underscored the vital 'One Health' approach, promoting essential collaboration between human, animal, and environmental health sectors to create a more robust and integrated public health defense system.

These seven local government areas are the high‑burden areas for zoonotic diseases in Kano State.

— Prof. Mohammad Adamu AbbasExplaining the rationale for focusing the training on specific local government areas.
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