Ebola Out Break in Nigeria: Strategic Control

Ebola Outbreak control relies on a package of interventions including intensive supportive care of patients, infection prevention and control, disease surveillance and contact tracing, laboratory services, safe and dignified burials, vaccination if relevant, and social mobilization. The deadly virus found its way into the Nigerian soil on July 2014. The efficacy of the response against Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak of 2014 in Nigeria proved that indeed, though challenging, proactive and effective outbreak response is not impossible in Nigeria as WHO officially declared Nigeria Ebola free in October,2014. The Nigerian success story in stopping Ebola outbreak was largely part of the Center for Disease and Prevention unique expertise in epidemiology, infection prevention control and community engagement.