Assessment of Active Case Search of COVID-19 in Healthcare Facilities during the Third Wave of the Pandemic in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Emmanuel, Eyitayo Ebenezer; Aibinuomo, Ayomide Oluwaseyi; Ipinnimo, Tope Michael; Ilesanmi, Mary Oluwasolape; Adu, John Ayodeji

doi:10.4236/jbm.2022.102002

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“…Furthermore, our study found two-thirds of healthcare workers who participated in the study had good knowledge of COVID-19 case reporting with a very high proportion of the respondents having good knowledge of each component of the COVID-19 surveillance case definition for detecting and reporting COVID-19 cases to designated public health authorities for prompt public health action. This finding is consistent with Emmanuel et al [19] in a similar study in a neighboring state in Nigeria which reported that 98.3% of health workers evaluated had good knowledge of surveillance case definition and case reporting for COVID-19.…”

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“…More studies have reported poor reporting practices of notifiable diseases among healthcare professionals in Nigeria [19,23,24]. Several reasons documented in the literature for the poor disease reporting practices among health care professionals such as unavailability of IDSR reporting tools, lack of training on COVID-19 surveillance and other surveillance-related procedures, poor knowledge of disease surveillance case definition and reporting procedures might also be attributed to the findings in our study [24].…”

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“…Similarly, Iwu et al [23] in their study on assessment of disease reporting among health care workers in a southeastern state, Nigeria reported that only 26% of their respondents had ever reported a notifiable disease to designated Public Health authorities. Also, Emmanuel et al [19] found in their study on.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) is a disease caused by the newly emerged coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 [1]. COVID-19 is a nationally notifiable disease and reporting cases to designated public health authorities in Nigeria by healthcare workers and providers is supported by a routine case notification system through the Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response System (IDSR), as well as other resources such as the state COVID-19 emergency call center provided through the COVID-19 response [2,3].…”

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Reporting COVID-19 Cases through the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Network in the Southwestern State of Nigeria: A Health Facility Survey

2023

J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Rapid case detection of suspected COVID-19 cases and reporting to designated public health authorities for investigation and other public health actions are crucial in containing and ending the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria. In this study, we assessed the reporting practices of healthcare workers regarding COVID-19 cases through the Integrated Disease Surveillance Response (IDSR) structure and the predictive factors in the Southwest state of Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was employed in recruiting one hundred and seventeen participants for the study in two Local Government Areas of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria. Data were collected through interviewers' administered questionnaires to the respondents, capturing their socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge of COVID-19 surveillance, and Reporting practices of COVID-19 case reporting through the IDSR structure. The data were collected between May and June 2022 and then scrutinized for completeness and analysis using IBM SPSS version 23.0 statistical software. The 95% Confidence Interval (CI) and the computed p-value were used to determine the relationship between the dependent and independent variables. Hence, the p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: We assessed 117 healthcare workers who consented to participate in the study. Seventy-one (60.7%) of the respondents were from Akure South LGA while 39.3% were recruited from Owo LGA. The mean age ± standard deviation of respondents was 38.27±10.38 years with about onequarter (39; 33.3%) of the respondents within the age group 30-39 years. Also, about half of the respondents were nurses/ Midwives in addition to community health workers who represent 35.0% of the respondents. More than half of the respondents worked in tertiary (58; 49.6%) and primary health facilities (49; 41.9%). Two-thirds, 74 (63.2%) of the respondents had good and 43 (36.8%) had a fair/poor knowledge of COVID-19 case reporting while 51 (43.6%) of the respondents have good practices of reporting COVID-19. Having a good knowledge of COVID-19 surveillance and case reporting (AOR=2.61, 95% CI=1.070-6.371) and having attended COVID-19 surveillance training (AOR=2.87, 95% CI=1.093-7.241) were significant predictive factors to good COVID-19 case reporting practices among health care professionals. Conclusion: Our study found poor reporting practices of COVID-19 cases by a healthcare professional to public health authorities. Hence, we recommend regular training of healthcare professionals on COVID-19 case reporting through the IDSR strategy to enhance their knowledge of disease reporting and in addition, adequate provision of designated IDSR reporting tools to further improve the reporting practices of COVID-19 cases and other IDSR priority diseases among health care professionals.

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Reporting COVID-19 Cases through the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Network in the Southwestern State of Nigeria: A Health Facility Survey

2023

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“…While there exist spates of studies on the COVID-19 pandemic and its vaccination in Ekiti State, there is a dearth of literature on the enablers and barriers of integrating COVID-19 and routine immunization in Ekiti (Akpor et al, 2023;Emmanuel et al, 2022;Olawade et al, 2022; Ade soye and Ade soye, 2020; and A codebook was then developed and uploaded to the software to guide the analysis of the transcripts. A spreadsheet of the excerpts from the codes was exported as analysis output from the software depicting the quotes from the transcripts of each participant that t within the identi ed themes.…”

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Integration of Routine Immunization and COVID-19 Vaccination in Ekiti State Primary Health Care Facilities: A Qualitative Assessment of the Enablers and Barriers

Jimoh,

Filani,

Awobeku

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Background The development of the COVID-19 vaccine influenced the discussion on the importance of exploring the interaction between COVID-19 vaccination and routine immunization. Subsequently, the WHO Strategic Advisory Group Experts (SAGE) on immunization plausibly advised countries to leverage the COVID-19 vaccination rollout as a transformative opportunity to establish a resilient immunization system, through the integration of routine immunization, resulting in strengthened primary healthcare services. Objective This study assesses the enablers and barriers to integrating COVID-19 vaccination and routine immunization in Ekiti state, Nigeria. Methods This study adopted a qualitative research approach to obtain information from 40 participants selected purposively across the primary healthcare facilities, LGA, and state levels. A three-tier approach was used in selecting the LGAs. At the same time, In-depth interviews were conducted to elicit relevant information on the assessment of enablers and barriers to integrating COVID-19 vaccination and routine immunization through an interview guide. All audio interview files were transcribed in the English language, coded, and presented using a thematic approach (inductive and deductive approaches) Results A total of 40 healthcare workers across Ekiti state were selected to participate in this study. Our study found the enablers of integrating COVID-19 into routine immunization to include demand generation and social mobilization, health education, health workers training, data validation, financing, and supervision. However, rumors, demand for palliatives, Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI), manpower shortage, poor network services, and bad road networks were reported as barriers to integrating COVID-19 vaccination and routine immunization in Ekiti state. Conclusion While the enablers of integrating COVID-19 and routine immunization may outweigh its barriers, it is pertinent to know that the efforts towards integrating COVID–19 vaccination on RI is a call to all stakeholders. The identified barriers in the study must be addressed to ensure a strengthened health system. Therefore, achieving a successful integration and uptake of vaccination/immunization is anchored on driving demand generation, social mobilization, health education, availability of healthcare workers, integrated supervision, and financing.

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Assessment of Active Case Search of COVID-19 in Healthcare Facilities during the Third Wave of the Pandemic in Ekiti State, Nigeria

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Reporting COVID-19 Cases through the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Network in the Southwestern State of Nigeria: A Health Facility Survey

Reporting COVID-19 Cases through the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Network in the Southwestern State of Nigeria: A Health Facility Survey

Integration of Routine Immunization and COVID-19 Vaccination in Ekiti State Primary Health Care Facilities: A Qualitative Assessment of the Enablers and Barriers

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