The Senate has passed a bill to provide for a national framework for the control of outbreaks of infectious diseases in Nigeria. The bill’s passage followed the consideration of a report by the Committee by the Committee on Primary Healthcare and Communicable Diseases. The piece of legislation entitled, “Bill for an Act to Provide for an Effective National Framework for the Control of Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases and Other Events Endangering Public Health and Requiring Public Health Emergency Measures and For Other Related Matters (SB. 413)”, was read…