NCDC, partners launch research project on mpox

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Veterinary Research Institute, the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford, the United Kingdom Public Health Rapid Support Team, and stakeholders in Lagos and Rivers states, have launched a multi-disciplinary research project to address the knowledge gaps on m pox.The mpox research project Epidemiological and clinical investigation of mpox in Nigeria: A multi-disciplinary research project to inform case management and outbreak prevention and control, is to help improve the public health response to the mpox virus in Nigeria and beyond.Speaking at the launch of the research project in Abuja, the Director General of the NCDC, Ifedayo Adetifa, noted findings from the research project will play a key role in strengthening detection, prevention, response, and control in Nigeria, and informing practice across the world. Adetifa, who was represented by the Director, of Health Emergency Preparedness and Response at the NCDC, John Oladejo said, they set out to unravel the unknowns of mpox, bridging the areas of clinical and One Health studies in partnership with dedicated researchers and institutions.