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Governor El-Rufai Receives Mobile Testing Vehicle Sent By USAID
The governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has formally received the mobile testing vehicle sent by USAID to support the state’s Covid-19 testing efforts. KDSG is using the vehicle to expand its community testing efforts for the duration of its deployment to the state.
The integration of the USAID-supported Wellness on Wheels (WOW) truck to test for COVID-19, as well as tuberculosis (TB), was flagged off in Kaduna State with Governor Nasir El Rufai presiding. The governor is flanked by staff from the State Ministry of Health and USAID partner KNCV.
The mobile testing vehicle uses GeneXpert machines for the Covid-19 test. KDSG has imported 9800 of these test kits, the first government in Nigeria to do so. The state is seeking to import 40,000 more to meet its target of 50,000 Covid-19 tests.
14 of the 407 GeneXpert machines in Nigeria are in health facilities within Kaduna State. KDSG is making efforts to provide one GeneXpert machine in every LGA with complementary equipment such as Level 2 biosafety cabinet, sample refrigerators and reagent refrigerators.
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