The Kano State Government has trained Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers, described as frontline health workers, from seven local government areas on bio-risk management and zoonotic disease sample collection.
The two-day training was organised by the Ministry for Livestock Development in collaboration with the Kano State Centre for Disease Control (KNCDC), with support from the Core Group Partners Project.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by Mohammad Adamu Abbas, the Director General of the KNCDC, and made available 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 statement said.
According to the statement, the training was designed to strengthen the capacity of frontline health workers in bio-risk management, improve the safe collection and handling of zoonotic disease samples, and enhance surveillance and reporting systems across the state.
Participants included Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers from Doguwa, Tofa, Takai, Kura, Dawakin Tofa, Kumbotso and Bunkure local government areas, alongside key stakeholders in surveillance, laboratory services, infection prevention and control, and data management.
The statement noted that the seven councils are regarded as high-burden areas for zoonotic diseases in Kano State.
Speaking at the close of the workshop, Prof. Abbas said the exercise had significantly improved the technical capacity of surveillance officers and reinforced the importance of timely and accurate disease reporting in preventing outbreaks.
He added that the initiative also promoted the One Health approach, which encourages collaboration among human, animal and environmental health sectors.
Abbas reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to sustained capacity building, improved logistics, and stronger community engagement to boost prevention and response to zoonotic diseases.
