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Video | Pandemic and Disaster Response Plans Unveiled in Nigeria

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January 9, 2014

Participants, facilitators and international observers of Nigeria’s Disaster and Pandemic Response Tabletop Exercise pose for a group picture after the closing ceremony marking the conclusion of the exercise to test Nigeria’s Disaster and Pandemic Response Plans in Abuja, Nigeria, November 22, 2013. More than 100 disaster response experts from Nigeria, as well as observing countries including Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda, participated in the tabletop exercise. The exercise was funded by U.S. Africa Command in collaboration with the U.S. Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM). (U.S. AFRICOM photo by Technical Sergeant Olufemi A. Owolabi/Released)

Article | Pandemic and Disaster Tabletop Exercise in Nigeria Builds Roadmap for Future Strategic Partnerships

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November 25, 2013

After a week of working together, collaborating in cells and chartering how Nigeria’s Pandemic Disaster Response plan could be used in a real world emergency, the participants of the tabletop exercise celebrated a successful event in a closing

The Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeen Muhammad, displays the unveiled National Pandemic Preparedness and Response Plan for members of the media during a ceremony held in Abuja, Nigeria, November 14, 2013. He is flanked on the left by Maria Brewer (pink jacket), U.S. Embassy Abuja’s Deputy Chief of Mission, and U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Steven Hummer, Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Africa Command. Right of Dr. Muhammad is Professor C.O. Onyebuchi Chukwu, the Nigerian Minister of Health. The event was attended by more than 150 disaster response civil and military experts and leaders from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Uganda, Liberia, Mozambique, and international organizations. The ceremony was followed by a disaster response exercise sponsored by U.S. Africa Command with the support of the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM). (Photo by TSgt Olufemi Owolabi, U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs/Released)

Article | Pandemic and Natural Disaster Response Plans Unveiled in Nigeria

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November 19, 2013

Nigeria has reached a milestone in providing assistance to and protecting their citizens during pandemic and natural emergencies. Working with peers and experts from the U.S. Africa Command and other international partners, Nigerian officials came