Is Nigeria prepared and ready to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in its conflict-affected northeastern states?

Autor:	Salman Jidda Tijjani, Le Ma
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	COVID-19 Northeastern Nigeria Humanitarian crisis Internally displaced persons (IDPs) Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Zdroj:	International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2020)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1475-9276
DOI:	10.1186/s12939-020-01192-6
Popis:	Abstract Northeastern Nigeria has over the decade suffered from the Boko Haram insurgency and is still in the process of recovery from the complex humanitarian crisis that has displaced and subjected millions of vulnerable children, women and elderly population to poverty, disease outbreaks, hunger and malnutrition. Yet, the conflict-affected states in Northeastern Nigeria is not far away from being the worse-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic if urgent public health preventive measures are not taken to contain the spread of the deadly and highly infectious virus. The question arises, “what is Nigeria doing to tackle the burden of a COVID-19 spread and an ongoing humanitarian crisis?
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