Ebola Virus Disease: Osun govt expands awareness, plans jingles, emergency isolation facility

Osun State Government has resolved to expand public awareness campaigns on Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, including multilingual radio and television broadcasts, as part of efforts to prevent the disease from spreading into the state. The decision was reached at a meeting of the State Steering Committee on Ebola Virus Disease, where stakeholders reviewed the state’s preparedness and response measures. A report of the meeting, prepared by the Public Health Operations Centre in the Osun State Ministry of Health outlined several measures to strengthen disease prevention, surveillance and emergency response. The committee identified public sensitisation, the provision of a designated emergency iso...