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Launching of RV 466 and Biopreparedness Initiative in Nigeria
Lagos, September 13, 2017: The Walter Reed Program Nigeria (WRP-N) officially launched the commencement of the Severe Infectious Disease study, clinically known as RV 466 and the Biopreparedness Initiative in Nigeria. The Program hosted 22 international delegates and 30 participants from the US Navy, academia and affiliate foreign and local…
Ambassador Deborah Birx signs $469 Country Operating Plan in Nigeria
June 16, 2017, Ambassador Deborah Birx, the United States Global Health Coordinator, was in Nigeria where she carried out the historic task of signing Nigeria’s Country Operating Plan (COP) for the fiscal year of 2018. Historic because it is the first time such an activity is taking place within the…
Defense Reference Laboratory (DRL) achieves 5-star status
May 23 2017: The Defense Reference Laboratory (DRL), situated at the Mogadishu Barracks Abuja has achieved an initial 5-star status from the Strengthening Laboratory Monitoring Towards Accreditation (SLMTA). This award came after an assessment from auditors led by Dr. Rosemary Okoye and assisted by Mr. Tony Okon. DRL was assessed…
68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital Yaba Achieves 5-star Rating
Auditors from the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) last week completed a Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLMTA) assessment of 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital Yaba in Lagos, Nigeria, and awarded the lab a 5-star rating. The SLMTA process was developed by developed by the U.S. CDC and the…
Walter Reed Program-Nigeria Begins Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Ebola Vaccines
The Walter Reed Program-Nigeria recently began a phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety of and the immune responses generated by an investigational prime-boost Ebola vaccine regimen in both healthy HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected adult volunteers. This study includes two vaccine candidates: Ad26.ZEBOV from Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., part…