Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers drawn from seven local government across Kano State have been trained in bio-risk management and zoonotic disease sample collection by the Kano State Government.
The training which was organized by the Ministry for Livestock Development in collaboration with the Kano State Centre for Disease Control, with support from the Core Group Partners Project lasted for two days.
Prof. Mohammad Adamu Abbas, the Director General of the KNCDC made this disclosure in a statement released on Friday.
“Kano State Government has taken a significant step toward strengthening public health preparedness with the successful completion of a two-day workshop on Bio-risk Management and Zoonotic Disease Sample Collection.
“The workshop brought together Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers from seven Local Government Areas, including Doguwa, Tofa, Takai, Kura, Dawakin Tofa, Kumbotso, and Bunkure, alongside key state-level stakeholders in surveillance, laboratory services, infection prevention and control, and data management.
“These seven local government areas are the high‑burden areas for zoonotic diseases in Kano State.