Japan, FG Seal $18.2m Deal To Strengthen NCDC Capacity - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 4, 2020
The Federal Government and the Japanese Governmenthave signed a $18.2m agreement to strengthen the capacity of the NigerianCentre for Disease control for accurate medical and laboratory investigations.
The Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yutaka Kikuta,during the signing ceremony, said that the agreement was to support the NCDC tostrengthen its surveillance of infectious diseases and improve its capacity forearly responses to public health concerns in Nigeria.
He said the fund would be expended on such projectsas the construction of a central public health laboratory in Lagos as well asthe procurement of equipment to eight laboratories in different locations.
The locations, according to him, were the CentralPublic Health Laboratory in Lagos; LUTH Virology Laboratory; National Hospital,Abuja; University College Hospital, Ibadan; University of Nigeria TeachingHospital, Enugu; Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State; UBTH, Benin;and University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.