The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Veterinary Research Institute, the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford, the United Kingdom Public Health Rapid Support Team, and stakeholders in Lagos and Rivers states on Monday has launched a multi-disciplinary research project to address the knowledge gaps on mpox.
The mpox research project “Epidemiological and clinical investigation of mpox in Nigeria: A multi-disciplinary research project to inform case management and outbreak prevention and control,” is to help improve the public health response to the mpox virus in Nigeria and beyond.
Speaking at the launch of the research project in Abuja, the Director General of the NCDC, Ifedayo Adetifa, noted that findings from the research project will play a key role in strengthening detection, prevention, response and control in Nigeria, and inform practice across the world.
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