Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, the Minister of Health, on Thursday said Nigeria would train 15 health workers from three West African countries affected by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

Chukwu disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja while reacting to a recent request by the UN and WHO to offer the training as part of efforts to combat the disease.
“Nigeria will offer specialised training to the health personnel from the three severely affected West African nations of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia,’’ he said.
According to him, the trainees comprised nine field epidemiologists and six laboratory scientists selected from the affected countries.
The minister said the training, scheduled to take place in Nigeria, would last for three weeks.
Chukwu, however, did not disclose when the training would commence.

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