The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate, has called for a multi-sectoral approach to forestall outbreak of infectious diseases like Cholera, Typhoid Fever and Tuberculosis.

Prof Pate stated earlier today during an interview with news men that the approach should not only be biomedical noting that many diseases are socially determined and that the right public policies must be put in place to provide social safety nets for vulnerable people.

He also said that a technical working group was activated through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to support states in order to reduce the transmission of the infectious disease and treat those who have been infected.

The Minister also assured Nigerians that the Cholera outbreak would be minimised from spreading to more states and local government areas.