NCDC: we are commissioning the first NCDC’s Zonal Reference Laboratory (ZRL) in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State!

This is in collaboration with the Government of Ekiti State, Nigeria. & funding from World Bank Africa's Pandemic Emergency Financing facility through the Nigeria #COVID19 Preparedness & Response Project.

Our implementation of a tiered lab network aims to establish an effective network of labs for diseases of public health importance. The ZRLs will bring services closer to States, aid sample transport, improve tests/results turnaround time & strengthen subnational health security. 

The Ekiti ZRL will strengthen diagnosis & surveillance of infectious diseases in Nigeria, with a focus on the six states within the South-west region: Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Lagos, and Ogun and the whole of southern Nigeria at large