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

Chioma Dan-Nwafor; Chinwe Lucia Ochu; Kelly Elimian; John Oladejo; Elsie Ilori; Chukwuma Umeokonkwo; Laura Steinhardt; Ehimario Igumbor; John Wagai; Tochi Okwor; Olaolu Aderinola; Nwando Mba; Assad Hassan; Mahmood Dalhat; Kola Jinadu; Sikiru Badaru; Chinedu Arinze; Abubakar Jafiya; Yahya Disu; Fatima Saleh; Anwar Abubakar; Celestina Obiekea; Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye; Dhamari Naidoo; Geoffrey Namara; Saleh Muhammad; Oladipupo Ipadeola; Chinenye Ofoegbunam; Oladipo Ogunbode; Charles Akatobi; Matthias Alagi; Rimamdeyati Yashe; Emily Crawford; Oyeladun Okunromade; Everistus Aniaku; Sandra Mba; Emmanuel Agogo; Michael Olugbile; Chibuzo Eneh; Anthony Ahumibe; William Nwachukwu; Priscilla Ibekwe; Ope-Oluwa Adejoro; Winifred Ukponu; Adebola Olayinka; Ifeanyi Okudo; Olusola Aruna; Fatima Yusuf; Morenike Alex-Okoh; Temidayo Fawole; Akeem Alaka; Hassan Muntari; Sebastian Yennan; Rhoda Atteh; Muhammad Balogun; Ndadilnasiya Waziri; Abiodun Ogunniyi; Blessing Ebhodaghe; Virgile Lokossou; Mohammed Abudulaziz; Bimpe Adebiyi; Akin Abayomi; Ismail Abudus-Salam; Sunday Omilabu; Lukman Lawal; Mohammed Kawu; Basheer Muhammad; Aminu Tsanyawa; Festus Soyinka; Tomi Coker; Olaniran Alabi; Tony Joannis; Ibrahim Dalhatu; Mahesh Swaminathan; Babatunde Salako; Ibrahim Abubakar; Braka Fiona; Patrick Nguku; Sani H Aliyu; Chikwe Ihekweazu

doi:10.7189/jogh.10.020399

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

J Glob Health. 2020 Dec;10(2):020399. doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020399.

Authors

Chioma Dan-Nwafor¹, Chinwe Lucia Ochu¹, Kelly Elimian¹, John Oladejo¹, Elsie Ilori¹, Chukwuma Umeokonkwo^{2

3}, Laura Steinhardt⁴, Ehimario Igumbor^{1

5}, John Wagai⁶, Tochi Okwor¹, Olaolu Aderinola¹, Nwando Mba¹, Assad Hassan¹, Mahmood Dalhat^{1

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 Okunromade¹, 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

Affiliations

¹ Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria.
² African Field Epidemiology Network, Abuja, Nigeria.
³ Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
⁴ Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FCT Abuja, Nigeria.
⁵ School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁶ World Health Organisation, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁷ Resolve to Save Lives Resolve to Save Lives (Vital Strategies), Abuja, Nigeria.
⁸ World Bank, Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁹ Tony Blair Institute, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, London, UK.
¹⁰ George Town University Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, Abuja, Nigeria.
¹¹ Public Health England International Health Regulations (IHR) Strengthening Project, British High Commission, Abuja, Nigeria.
¹² Nigeria Port Health Services, Federal Ministry of Health Abuja, Nigeria.
¹³ ECOWAS Regional Center for Disease Surveillance and Control, Abuja-Nigeria.
¹⁴ Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
¹⁵ Department of Hospital Services, Federal Ministry of Health Abuja, Federal Secretariat Abuja, Nigeria.
¹⁶ Lagos State Ministry of Health Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
¹⁷ College of Medicine, University of Lagos Teaching Hospital Lagos, Nigeria.
¹⁸ Health and Human Services Secretariat Federal, Capital Territory Administration, Abuja, Nigeria.
¹⁹ Kano State Ministry of Health, Kano, Nigeria.
²⁰ Ogun State Ministry of Health Abeokuta, Nigeria.
²¹ Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Secretariat Abuja, Nigeria.
²² National Veterinary Research Institute Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria.
²³ Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria.
²⁴ Institute of Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
²⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Civil Defense / organization & administration*
Global Health
Humans
Nigeria / epidemiology
Population Surveillance*
Public Health / trends*

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International