Ebola Campaign: Nigeria Donates Medications And Med Supplies To Sierra Leone

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In July, Nigeria was infected when Liberian Patrick Sawyer brought the virus into the country when attending a regional summit in Calabar and he came in contact with several Nigerians in Lagos. Following quick intervention, however, all the cases have been treated and Nigeria has since been declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organisation but President Goodluck Jonathan is trying to spearhead a regional effort to eliminate the virus. As part of this campaign, the Nigerian government is donating $3.5m to a regional fund and the recent payment to Sierra Leone represents the first tranche of the money.
At a regional summit in Cotonou, health minister Dr Khaliru Alhassan, announced that Nigeria has already mobilised and trained over 600 health workers as volunteers to support the containment effort in the affected countries.He added that Nigeria was willing to share its experiences and offer support to other countries in terms of building necessary capacity, management of information and actual case management in their efforts to contain the EVD. Dr Alhassan ascribed Nigeria’s success in containing the virus to responsive governance driven by appropriate political will, a clear leadership role, and strong multi-sectoral teamwork.
At the regional summit called by the Economic Community of West African States, regional leaders pledged to solicit greater international support and collaboration to contain ebola. Last month, at a meeting of world finance ministers in Washington DC, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund pledged $300m to fight the virus.