Daily Post Nigeria Stakeholder education vital for Monkeypox control – Olulaja Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Health Stakeholder education vital for Monkeypox control – Olulaja Published on September 30, 2024 By Lovina Anthony A public health expert, Olufemi Olulaja, has expressed concern that despite Nigeria reporting its first case of Monkeypox in 1971, it has continued to witness successive outbreaks with mortality following. Olulaja, also the Secretary of the Illinois Public Health Association, lamented that the level of Monkeypox awareness and understanding in the country has remained suboptimal. The public health expert spoke on Saturday at the Strategic Healthcare Leadership Summit organized by STAR Healthcare Consultancy in Lagos, stressing the urgent need to improve awareness and health education at the population level.
He explained that there is hope that the level of knowledge and awareness about Mpox among Nigerians can be significantly increased, leading to better control of the disease with improved communication. “The first and most cost-effective strategy to control Mpox outbreaks and prevent recurrence is to increase the awareness of the virus among the population,” he emphasized. “Ensuring that all outbreak communication and health education news items are culturally relevant, published in local languages that people are familiar with and can relate to, will be helpful in our fight against Mpox.
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