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COVID-19 Experience: Taking the right steps at the right time to prevent avoidable morbidity and mortality in Nigeria and other nations of the world
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Author(s)
Oleribe, Obinna
Osita-Oleribe, Princess
Salako, Babatunde
Ishola, Temitope
Fertleman, Michael
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The 2020 Coronavirus pandemic has caused countless governmental and societal challenges around the world. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has been exposed in recent years to a series of epidemics including Ebola and Lassa Fever. In this paper we document our perception of the national response to COVID-19 in Nigeria. The response to the pandemic is with a healthcare system that has changed as a result of previous infectious disease outbreaks but in the context of scarce resources typical of many low-middle income countries. We make recommendations regarding what measures should be in place for future epidemics.
Date Issued
2020-08-04
Date Acceptance
2020-06-25
Citation
International Journal of General Medicine, 2020, 2020 (13), pp.491-195
URI
URL
DOI
ISSN
1178-7074
Publisher
Dove Medical Press
Start Page
491
End Page
195
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of General Medicine
Volume
2020
Issue
13
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Oleribe et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The full terms of the License are
available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author
and source are credited.
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Sponsor
Wellcome Trust
Identifier
https://www.dovepress.com/covid-19-experience-taking-the-right-steps-at-the-right-time-to-preven-peer-reviewed-article-IJGM
Grant Number
105603/Z/14/Z
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Medicine, General & Internal
General & Internal Medicine
Nigeria
COVID-19
pandemic
prevention
COVID-19
Nigeria
pandemic
prevention
1103 Clinical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-08-04