COVID-19 and the Nigerian correctional service: need for structured data

Asma Qureshi; Ima Kashim; Similolu Akintorin; Larissa Unruh; Sadhana Dharmapuri; Kenneth Soyemi

doi:10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.17.25370

COVID-19 and the Nigerian correctional service: need for structured data

Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Sep 28;37(Suppl 1):17. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.17.25370. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Asma Qureshi¹, Ima Kashim², Similolu Akintorin³, Larissa Unruh⁴, Sadhana Dharmapuri^{5

6}, Kenneth Soyemi^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Trauma Burn and Critical Care, Cook County Health System, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
² Department of Economic and Social Infrastructure, Islamic Development Bank, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
³ Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County Health, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁵ Cermark Health Services, Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

PMID: 33343796
PMCID: PMC7733351
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.17.25370

Abstract

Although prisoners are considered a vulnerable population, no data repository currently exists to monitor the COVID-19 incidence in Nigerian prisons. To better understand the impact of COVID-19 within the Nigerian prison system, prisons should develop detailed COVID-19 response protocols, implement enhanced point-of-care testing, and initiate contact tracing with meticulous data collection.

Keywords: COVID-19; intervention; non-pharmaceutical; point-of-care testing; prison data; response.

Copyright: Asma Qureshi et al.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / diagnosis
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 Testing*
Contact Tracing
Humans
Nigeria
Point-of-Care Systems
Prisoners / statistics & numerical data*
Prisons / statistics & numerical data*
Vulnerable Populations