Search Results - "Ifeanyi, Okudo"
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Descriptive epidemiology of cholera outbreak in Nigeria, January-November, 2018: implications for the global roadmap strategy
Published in BMC public health (13-09-2019)“…The cholera outbreak in 2018 in Nigeria reaffirms its public health threat to the country. Evidence on the current epidemiology of cholera required for the…”
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A rapid assessment of the implementation of integrated disease surveillance and response system in Northeast Nigeria, 2017
Published in BMC public health (01-05-2020)“…Integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) is the strategy adopted for public health surveillance in Nigeria. IDSR has been operational in Nigeria…”
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Electronic reporting of integrated disease surveillance and response: lessons learned from northeast, Nigeria, 2019
Published in BMC public health (13-05-2021)“…Electronic reporting of integrated disease surveillance and response (eIDSR) was implemented in Adamawa and Yobe states, Northeastern Nigeria, as an innovative…”
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Epidemiological description of and response to a large yellow fever outbreak in Edo state Nigeria, September 2018 - January 2019
Published in BMC public health (30-08-2022)“…Background Edo State Surveillance Unit observed the emergence of a disease with "no clear-cut-diagnosis", which affected peri-urban Local Government Areas…”
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What are the drivers of recurrent cholera transmission in Nigeria? Evidence from a scoping review
Published in BMC public health (03-04-2020)“…The 2018 cholera outbreak in Nigeria affected over half of the states in the country, and was characterised by high attack and case fatality rates. The country…”
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Measures to control protracted large Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, 1 January to 28 April 2019
Published in Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles (16-05-2019)“…Lassa fever cases have increased in Nigeria since 2016 with the highest number, 633 cases, reported in 2018. From 1 January to 28 April 2019, 554…”
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The multi-sectorial emergency response to a cholera outbreak in Internally Displaced Persons camps in Borno State, Nigeria, 2017
Published in BMJ global health (01-01-2020)“…IntroductionIn August 2017, a cholera outbreak started in Muna Garage Internally Displaced Persons camp, Borno state, Nigeria and >5000 cases occurred in six…”
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The reactive vaccination campaign against cholera emergency in camps for internally displaced persons, Borno, Nigeria, 2017: a two-stage cluster survey
Published in BMJ global health (01-06-2020)“…IntroductionIn 2017, amidst insecurity and displacements posed by Boko Haram armed insurgency, cholera outbreak started in the Muna Garage camp for Internally…”
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Identifying and quantifying the factors associated with cholera-related death during the 2018 outbreak in Nigeria
Published in The Pan African medical journal (2020)“…cholera outbreaks in Nigeria are often associated with high case fatality rates; however, there is a dearth of evidence on context-specific factors associated…”
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Research as a pillar of Lassa fever emergency response: lessons from Nigeria
Published in The Pan African medical journal (2020)“…Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are becoming more frequent and developing countries are especially at increased risk. A recurring infectious…”
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Reviewing Health Security Capacities in Nigeria Using the Updated WHO Joint External Evaluation and WHO Benchmarks Tool: Experience from a Country-Led Self-Assessment Exercise
Published in Health security (01-02-2022)“…Across the world, the level of pandemic preparedness varies and no country is fully prepared to respond to all public health events. The International Health…”
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Establishing event-based surveillance system in Nigeria: a complementary information generating platform for improved public health performance, 2016
Published in The Pan African medical journal (24-05-2022)“…Introductionevent-based surveillance (EBS) is a surveillance method involving systematic and prompt data collection on incidents of public health importance,…”
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Meningococcus serogroup C clonal complex ST-10217 outbreak in Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria
Published in Scientific reports (21-09-2018)“…After the successful roll out of MenAfriVac, Nigeria has experienced sequential meningitis outbreaks attributed to meningococcus serogroup C (NmC). Zamfara…”
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Complete Genome Sequence of a Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 1e Strain from an Outbreak in Nigeria, 2017
Published in Microbiology resource announcements (03-01-2019)“…Hepatitis E virus genotype 1 (HEV-1) is associated with large epidemics. Notably, HEV subtype 1e (HEV-1e) has caused HEV outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa. We…”
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Large Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C — Nigeria, December 2016–June 2017
Published in MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report (15-12-2017)“…On February 16, 2017, the Ministry of Health in Zamfara State, in northwestern Nigeria, notified the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) of an increased…”
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