“Straddling Adolescence” - Perspective on the State of Research on Infectious Diseases in Nigeria.

• ¹, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria. , NG

On the heels of the convergence of world infectious diseases experts in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the congress of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) from 17-20 November 2022, the global challenge of infectious diseases was recognised, without equivocation, as requiring local solutions.  From nascent pandemics such as COVID-19, to more established pandemics like HIV/AIDS, and epidemics of mpox, Lassa fever, influenza, Yellow Fever, Ebola and cholera, the call for better local science to inform local action was emphasized. This is more so pressing in resource-limited settings such as we find across many of our communities in Nigeria.