Yahyah Disu

TL;DR: The results suggest endemicity of monkeypox virus in Nigeria, with some evidence of human-to-human transmission, and further studies are necessary to explore animal reservoirs and risk factors for transmission of the virus.

TL;DR: In Nigeria, before 2017 the most recent case of human monkeypox had been reported in 1978, but by mid-November 2017, a large outbreak caused by the West African clade resulted in 146 suspected cases and 42 laboratory-confirmed cases from 14 states.

TL;DR: The rate of COVID-19 mortality in Nigeria was higher in the first wave than in the second wave, suggesting an improvement in public health response and clinical care in thesecond wave, but this needs to be interpreted with caution given the inherent limitations of the country’s surveillance system during the study.

TL;DR: A unique communication campaign was developed to support the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria and lessons such as the use of data and a participatory approach in developing communications campaigns for disease outbreaks were documented.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors emphasized the need to contextualize risk communication strategies in order to improve their effectiveness during health emergencies, and also advocated increased country commitment to a multi-hazard and multisectoral effort, deliberate investment in subnational risk communication systems, and investments in capacity building for risk communication activities.