{"id":848,"date":"2026-06-14T19:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floretcenter.org\/?p=848"},"modified":"2026-06-14T19:33:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:33:55","slug":"jbi-glocal-solution-room-nigeria-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floretcenter.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/jbi-glocal-solution-room-nigeria-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"JBI gLOCAL Solution Room\u00a0Nigeria 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Post Container -->\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica', Arial, sans-serif; color:#333333; line-height:1.7;\">\n\n    <!-- Label -->\n    <p style=\"text-align:center; font-size:12px; letter-spacing:1px; color:#888;\">\n        PRESS STATEMENT \u2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n    <\/p>\n\n    <!-- Image Slideshow -->\n    <div style=\"position:relative; width:100%; max-width:700px; margin:0 auto 24px; overflow:hidden; border-radius:6px; background:#111;\">\n        <div id=\"floret-slides\" style=\"display:flex; transition:transform 0.5s ease;\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/floretcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1.png\" style=\"min-width:100%; max-width:100%; height:300px; object-fit:cover;\" alt=\"JBI gLOCAL Solution Room Nigeria 2026 \u2014 Event photo 1\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/floretcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.png\" style=\"min-width:100%; max-width:100%; height:300px; object-fit:cover;\" alt=\"JBI gLOCAL Solution Room Nigeria 2026 \u2014 Event photo 2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/floretcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3.png\" style=\"min-width:100%; max-width:100%; height:300px; object-fit:cover;\" alt=\"JBI gLOCAL Solution Room Nigeria 2026 \u2014 Event photo 3\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/floretcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4.png\" style=\"min-width:100%; max-width:100%; height:300px; object-fit:cover;\" alt=\"JBI gLOCAL Solution Room Nigeria 2026 \u2014 Event photo 4\">\n        <\/div>\n        <button onclick=\"floretChangeSlide(-1)\" aria-label=\"Previous slide\" style=\"position:absolute;top:50%;left:10px;transform:translateY(-50%);background:rgba(0,0,0,0.45);color:#fff;border:none;border-radius:50%;width:36px;height:36px;font-size:20px;cursor:pointer;line-height:1;\">&#8249;<\/button>\n        <button onclick=\"floretChangeSlide(1)\" aria-label=\"Next slide\" style=\"position:absolute;top:50%;right:10px;transform:translateY(-50%);background:rgba(0,0,0,0.45);color:#fff;border:none;border-radius:50%;width:36px;height:36px;font-size:20px;cursor:pointer;line-height:1;\">&#8250;<\/button>\n        <div style=\"position:absolute;bottom:10px;width:100%;text-align:center;display:flex;justify-content:center;gap:6px;\">\n            <span class=\"floret-dot\" style=\"width:8px;height:8px;border-radius:50%;background:#fff;display:inline-block;cursor:pointer;\" onclick=\"floretGoSlide(0)\"><\/span>\n            <span class=\"floret-dot\" style=\"width:8px;height:8px;border-radius:50%;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.45);display:inline-block;cursor:pointer;\" onclick=\"floretGoSlide(1)\"><\/span>\n            <span class=\"floret-dot\" style=\"width:8px;height:8px;border-radius:50%;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.45);display:inline-block;cursor:pointer;\" onclick=\"floretGoSlide(2)\"><\/span>\n            <span class=\"floret-dot\" style=\"width:8px;height:8px;border-radius:50%;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.45);display:inline-block;cursor:pointer;\" onclick=\"floretGoSlide(3)\"><\/span>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <script>\n    (function(){\n        var cur = 0, total = 4;\n        function update() {\n            document.getElementById('floret-slides').style.transform = 'translateX(-' + (cur * 100) + '%)';\n            var dots = document.querySelectorAll('.floret-dot');\n            dots.forEach(function(d, i){ d.style.background = i===cur ? 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The central question driving the dialogue was:\n    <\/p>\n\n    <blockquote style=\"border-left:4px solid #0077A3; padding-left:15px; margin:20px 0; color:#555; font-style:italic;\">\n        &#8220;Evidence-Based Responses to Infectious Diseases: What Can Genomics and Implementation Science Really Change?&#8221;\n    <\/blockquote>\n\n    <p>\n        Contributions came from distinguished leaders spanning clinical medicine, genomics, disease surveillance, public health, implementation science, regulatory science, and evidence-based healthcare. Discussions moved beyond cataloguing scientific advances to interrogate a more pressing concern:\n    <\/p>\n\n    <blockquote style=\"border-left:4px solid #006B66; padding-left:15px; margin:20px 0; color:#555; font-style:italic; font-size:15px;\">\n        How do we translate evidence into measurable impact for patients, communities, and health systems?\n    <\/blockquote>\n\n    <h2 style=\"color:#006B66; margin-top:30px; font-size:20px;\">\n        Key Themes Emerging from the Dialogue\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <ul style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n        <li>Strengthening Nigeria&#8217;s genomics infrastructure and policy environment<\/li>\n        <li>Bridging the evidence-to-practice gap in infectious disease response<\/li>\n        <li>Building sustainable implementation science capacity<\/li>\n        <li>Enhancing evidence-informed decision-making across healthcare systems<\/li>\n        <li>Developing stronger partnerships between research, policy, and practice<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n\n    <h2 style=\"color:#006B66; margin-top:30px; font-size:20px;\">\n        What Happens Next?\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <p>\n        The conversation does not end with the event. The Centre is currently synthesising the outcomes of the dialogue into a series of follow-on activities, including:\n    <\/p>\n\n    <ul style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n        <li>Stakeholder engagement outputs<\/li>\n        <li>Policy and implementation recommendations<\/li>\n        <li>Research collaborations<\/li>\n        <li>Capacity strengthening initiatives<\/li>\n        <li>A proposed scholarly publication examining barriers, opportunities, and priorities for implementing genomics-informed infectious disease responses in Nigeria<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n\n    <p>\n        We are grateful to our speakers, panelists, moderators, participants, collaborators, and the global JBI community for contributing to a rich and forward-looking discussion.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p style=\"font-weight:bold; color:#0077A3; margin-top:20px;\">\n        The dialogue has ended. 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