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September 4, 2019
The Federal Government says it is set to continueworking with all stakeholders in building strong and sustainable healthcaresystems.
The government also promised to support stakeholdersto prepare, detect and respond to any disease outbreak in any part of thecountry.
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, gave theassurance at the 55th Annual Scientific Conference and workshop of theAssociation of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria.
The conference was under the theme: ‘Global HealthSecurity: The Medical Laboratory Agenda for Sub- Saharan Africa’.
The Vice President, who was represented by theMinister for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said that this would require allstakeholders to get actively involved.
Osinbajo said that Global Health Security is a toppriority agenda for the country and should not be left unchecked.
He explained that a single infectious diseaseoutbreak anywhere in the world has the potential to become a larger epidemic,or worse, a pandemic that could devastate entire communities.