Thread by @Chikwe_I

This week was about celebrating the excellent work done by the #NCDCTeam across our three campuses in Lagos and Abuja, in 2019.

It has been another long but greatly fulfilling year and I’m proud of our work

#NCDCSundayReflections

At the end of year townhall, our Departments shared the progress they have made in the implementation of our agency’s strategy plan.

Our Administrative Department spoke about the various organisational improvement initiatives that have been implemented this year

Our Laboratory Department spoke about the progress they have made this year, in establishing a new research lab and carrying out research on various pathogens, developing molecular diagnostic and sequencing capacity, improving the coordination of the network of labs and others

Our Surveillance Department led the implementation of the midterm Joint External Evaluation where our score increased from 39% in 2017 to 46%. Not a huge leap, but the Department continues working very hard to strengthen our IHR implementation

Our Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Department shared their achievements including establishing Public Health Emergency Operations Centres in 22 States and training Rapid Response Teams in all 36 + 1 States

Our Prevention, Programmes and Knowledge Management Department lead the implementation of our new @FlemingFund grant for Antimicrobial Resistance surveillance, have introduced innovative measures for infection prevention and control as well as knowledge management for our agency

We have only highlighted some of our achievements but this has been another year of incredible growth and commitment to service at NCDC.

We will continue to build on this, learn from our challenges and remain committed to our mandate to protect the health of Nigerians