The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has expressed satisfaction with the midterm Joint External Evaluation (JEE) having over 46 per cent increase on Nigeria’s capacity to tackle public health threats.
Ehanire made the remark at the presentation of evaluation conducted for Nigeria in 2019, organised by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday in Abuja.
According to him, the 2019 midterm Joint External Evaluation (JEE), has risen from its position of 39 per cent in the 2017 evaluation to over 46 per cent this year.
“With the review of Nigeria’s International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005) capacities to prevent, detect and respond to public health threats, a new average JEE score of 46 per cent for Nigeria has been announced.
“This is a 7 per cent increase from the 2017 score of 39 per cent.
“In 2017, Nigeria conducted a JEE of her IHR capacities. These regulations are global standards of countries’…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
