The first cohort of the Regional Public Health Emergency Management Training has graduated in Abuja. This intermediate-level training was organized by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) in partnership with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
Seventeen staff members from public health emergency operations centers across several countries, including Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Liberia, and Mali, participated in the two-week program. They focused on enhancing their skills to effectively manage incident systems for outbreak preparedness and response. This initiative aims to better equip the region to handle epidemics and pandemics.
During the graduation ceremony, Asmau Aminu-Alhaji, Acting Program Director of the U.S. CDC Division of Global Health Protection, expressed gratitude to the graduates for their commitment to public health both domestically and regionally. She emphasized "the importance of public health collaboration and communication across borders."
The Public Health Emergency Management Professional Certification Program is a component of the U.S. Government’s efforts to support global health security in Nigeria and worldwide. It offers specialized training in public health emergency management and operations to emergency operations staff and other public health professionals.