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Nigeria’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic: January to May 2020

Mary Wilson

Well-known member
December 2020
www.jogh.org • doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020399

Chioma Dan-Nwafor1, Chinwe Lucia Ochu1, Kelly Elimian1, John Oladejo1, Elsie Ilori1, Chukwuma Umeokonkwo2,3, Laura Steinhardt4, Ehimario Igumbor1,5, John Wagai6, Tochi Okwor1, Olaolu Aderinola1, Nwando Mba1, Assad Hassan1, Mahmood Dalhat1,7, Kola Jinadu1, Sikiru Badaru1, Chinedu Arinze1, Abubakar Jafiya1, Yahya Disu1, Fatima Saleh1, Anwar Abubakar1, Celestina Obiekea1, Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye1, Dhamari Naidoo6, Geoffrey Namara6, Saleh Muhammad4, Oladipupo Ipadeola4, Chinenye Ofoegbunam1, Oladipo Ogunbode1, Charles Akatobi2, Matthias Alagi4, Rimamdeyati Yashe1, Emily Crawford1, Oyeladun Okunro- made1, Everistus Aniaku1, Sandra Mba1, Emmanuel Agogo7, Michael Olugbile8, Chibuzo Eneh1, Anthony Ahumibe1, William Nwachukwu1, Priscilla Ibekwe1, Ope-Oluwa Adejoro9, Winifred Ukponu10, Adebola Olayinka6, Ifeanyi Okudo6, Olusola Aruna11, Fatima Yusuf12, Morenike Alex- Okoh12, Temidayo Fawole1, Akeem Alaka1, Hassan Muntari1, Sebastian Yennan1, Rhoda Atteh1, Muhammad Balogun2, Ndadilnasiya Waziri2, Abiodun Ogunniyi1, Blessing Ebhodaghe1, Virgile Lokossou13, Mohammed Abudulaziz14, Bimpe Adebiyi15, Akin Abayomi16, Ismail Abudus- Salam16, Sunday Omilabu17, Lukman Lawal18, Mohammed Kawu18, Basheer Muhammad19, Aminu Tsanyawa19, Festus Soyinka20, Tomi Coker20, Olaniran Alabi21, Tony Joannis22, Ibrahim Dalhatu4, Mahesh Swaminathan4, Babatunde Salako23, Ibrahim Abubakar24, Braka Fiona6, Patrick Nguku2, Sani H-Aliyu25, Chikwe Ihekweazu1

COVID-19 IN NIGERIA

On February 27, 2020, the Federal Ministry of Health confirmed the first COVID-19 case in Ogun State, Nigeria, making the country the third country in Africa to recognise an imported COVID-19 case after Egypt and Algeria. ...

NIGERIA’S PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TO COVID-19

Nigeria’s pre-outbreak preparedness measures

Following reports of the coronavirus disease in Wuhan, China in December 2019, the NCDC published a notification of a new virus on its website on January 7, 2020. Subsequently, on January 26, 2020, the NCDC established a multisectoral National Coronavirus Preparedness Group (NCPG) in order to ensure a cohesive and effective coordination of the country’s preparedness efforts. ...

Nigeria’s outbreak response measures

Following the confirmation of the first COVID-19 case in Nigeria on February 27, 2020, the NCPG transi- tioned to a national multisectoral Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) at the NCDC. The EOC was acti- vated at level three, the highest level of response in the country intended for public health emergencies re- quiring national coordination ...

RESPONSE STRUCTURES

Travels, lockdowns and COVID-19 spread

As of March 22, 2020, the initial 30 confirmed cases COVID-19 in Nigeria were travellers from abroad or their immediate contacts. ...

http://jogh.org/documents/issue202002/jogh-10-020399.pdf
 
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