Headline : Flood Disaster: Nigeria, WHO Train 350 Health Emergency Responders

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In view of the emerging threats of disease outbreak from flood disaster, Nigeria and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have commenced training of about 350 rapid response medical personnel to deal with any health emergency.

The launch of the training programme came just as WHO stated that flooding situation in the country had become overwhelming with 3,219,780 affected persons, 1,427,370 displaced persons, 2,776 injured, 612 deaths, 305,407 houses damaged.

It also said 18,093 suspected cholera cases have been reported in 256 Local Government Areas of 31 states as at November 2, 2022.

In a speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the capacity building programme for rapid response team to deal with possible infectious disease outbreak, Representative of WHO in Nigeria, Dr. Walter Molumbo said the plan was to provide national and subnational Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) with the key knowledge and tools needed to detect and effectively respond to public health emergencies as they occur.

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