NCDC launches online course for health workers
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has launched an online course on infection prevention and control for medical workers, to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection and transmission in healthcare settings.
Director-General of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Sunday in Abuja, disclosed that the online course would be available to the general public, particularly healthcare workers.
According to him, the programme is aimed at reducing the risk of transmission of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases while administering health care in the country.
“As at July 4, a total of 28,167 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 634 deaths have been recorded by NCDC. Additionally, as at June 2, about 812 healthcare workers have been infected in the country, with over 230,000 infected globally,” he noted.
Ihekweazu said that the national strategy in term of response to COVID-19 has been multi-faceted, adding that in the absence of a vaccine or cure compliance with approved measures remains one of the most effective interventions to control the outbreak.
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The director-general said that the NCDC has made efforts to rapidly strengthen the capacity of frontline healthcare workers in infection prevention and control, wherever health care is provided.
“Since the first case in Nigeria was confirmed in February, NCDC has supported the training of about 17,436 health workers.
“It has been working in collaboration with the Departments of Hospital Services and Food and Drugs of the Federal Ministry of Health to ensure that health workers are provided with the required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce the risk of infections among them,” he advised.
