Diseases: Centre wants improved information sharing, data mgt

The Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Wednesday called for improved information sharing and data management in the country.

Ihekweazu made the call on the sideline of a conference with the Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House, on Wednesday in Abuja.

He said that the aim of the conference was to develop guidelines on how to create the right environment and achieve good practice for sharing public health surveillance data and benefits.

The chief executive officer underscored the need for national public health institutions across the African continent to collaborate on sharing important information.

He added that sharing information would make citizens to take public action, especially in situations of disease outbreaks, seriously.