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From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has launched a five-year (2023-2027) strategic plan that would, expectedly, guide its operations and responses to epidemic outbreaks and other public health challenges.
This was a follow up to its first strategy plan (2017-2022) launched six years ago with the theme, ‘Idea to Reality’ which outlined a roadmap for the Agency in its goal to achieving its vision and mission.
NCDC Director General, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, in a statement, on Tuesday, noted that the Agency conducted an end-term review of the implementation of the 2017 – 2022 strategy to identify successes, challenges and learnings which were built on to develop the next five- year strategic plan.
He said: “The changes to the strategy reflect our priority to strengthen subnational health security in partnership with the state and local governments to ensure better coordination and collaboration in the newly created Subnational Support Department.
“In addition to that, the strategy will equip the
Department of Planning Research and Statistics, with the tools and training to advance monitoring, evaluation, and learning within the Agency in line with best practices.”
He said the new document has details of the strategic and implementation plan that are in line with NCDC’s vision to have a healthier and safer Nigeria through the prevention and control of diseases of public health importance.
“The vision cascaded into a mission statement, further broken down into seven key strategic goals, 41 objectives, and 225 corresponding activities with defined outcomes for the next five years.
“Furthermore, a performance management structure has been instituted to oversee and
coordinate the execution of various initiatives to assess NCDC’s progress toward achieving its strategic goals.
“The framework will prioritize and align efforts across the Agency’s departments and divisions, enabling developmental partners to key in for collaboration to protect the health of Nigerians against emerging public health threats and evolving challenges,” he said.
