Federal Govt, Oyo Inaugurate NADIS-Mobile App To Track Zoonotic Diseases

Federal Government in collaboration with the Oyo State government has inaugurated a new software application National Animal Disease Information System (NADIS) Mobile Application, to track and report animal disease outbreaks in the state.

NADIS is a platform for the animal health workers to report cases of disease outbreak in their environment.

However, with recent intervention from the World Bank, the mobile application NADIS-mobile was launched, to accurately report disease outbreaks by animal health workers.

Commenting on the development yesterday, the Co-ordinating Director, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Gideon Alade said training was organized for private and public animal health workers, where the lead facilitator, Dr. Olaseju Taiwo, a Vet and Pest Control expert from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, explained that the new software had two applications.

He explained that the two components comprise NADIS-mobile which is for collection of data from the field, and NADIS-admin for viewing reported diseases and for analysis.

According to him, the application can be downloaded on Play Store as VETSARK or via mobile browsers by typing nadis.mobile.ng.

He said the app would enable veterinary outfits, both public and private or the University sectors to accurately report cases of disease outbreak near them, which will be followed by prompt intervention from government at all levels.

“By doing so, disease outbreaks can easily be curbed before causing much damage”, he said.