Implementing Home-Based Care Option for COVID-19 Patients In Kano State
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria has been managing confirmed cases in government-designated hospital-based isolation/treatment centres to ensure recovery of cases as well as to prevent community transmission. As the pandemic has evolved, there is an increasing number of people who are asymptomatic or present with mild symptoms. To reduce the pressure on […]
Challenges in Adhering to Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines and Controlling the Spread of COVID-19 in Lagos State
Lagos, Nigeria’s former capital and commercial nerve centre of the country is a city with an estimated population of over 15 million. There is a constant hum of activity, which is the reason it has earned the reputation of a city that never sleeps. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lagos State Government came […]
Fighting Ignorance and Misinformation about COVID-19: The Kano Strategy
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered virus. It is a disease unknown to the world before the outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019. With little or no information about this novel viral disease, false and misleading information became rampant. The proliferation of this fake news especially on […]
The FCT COVID-19 Response: Surmounting Challenges as Learning Continue
Over ten months after COVID-19 hit the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the responders from the Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCT are still battling several challenges in their response efforts. The Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) set up on March 20th, 2020 currently operates on nine response pillars with each pillar lead carrying out […]
Chronicles of Courage, Fear and Anxiety from FCT’s COVID-19 Frontline
As the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic commenced at both national and sub-national levels in Nigeria, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) rose up to the challenges of preparedness and response to COVID-19. Few days after the first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on March 20, the Minister of the FCT, Muhammad Musa Bello, promptly […]
In The Midst of Rumors: Kano State’s Response at the Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic
In response to the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaration of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEOIC) in January 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) organised a 2-day simulation exercise for states on the outbreak response in Abuja. On February 27, 2020, the first day of the […]