Ebola: NBMA offers experts to support NCDC

By Folarin Kehinde
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has offered to deploy its biosafety experts to support the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and other relevant response teams following the reported confirmation of an imported case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of NBMA, Dr Fatima Suleiman-Zuntu, said the agency was ready to provide technical expertise, as required, to complement ongoing containment and infection prevention efforts.
Suleiman-Zuntu, in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to supporting the national res...