Complexity and Context of Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness and Response in Eastern and Southern Africa

Kakaire, Charles Nelson; Ameda, Ida-Marie

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92296-2_5

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“…Risk communication and community engagement are critical for a successful response to public health emergencies like the EVD epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic [ 18 , 19 ]. Effective communication and engagement of stakeholders and community structure ensure that the right information about the pandemic is delivered to the public [ 18 ]. During both the EVD epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic there were lots of rumors, myths, fake news, and wrong information about the disease which complicated the situation.…”

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Retrospective Comparison of Nigeria’s Emergency Response Between the 2014 Ebola Outbreak and 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic

Eze,

Alao,

Akinmade

et al. 2023

Cureus

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The 2014 Ebola Virus disease outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic are prominent among the viral infectious diseases that threatened our existence in the last decade. We did a retrospective review of Nigeria’s responses during the two crises using different keywords: pathogenicity, risk communication, data gathering, and vaccine issues . These served as discussion points, and we ended by highlighting a few salient observations that should serve as reflection, learning points, and recommendations for better responses in the future. Based on these keywords, we noticed some differences in the two outbreaks, some of which affected the mode of response. At some point, Nigeria was commended for curtailing the Ebola outbreak. This was not the same with COVID-19 which is still very much with us. Also, the latter received more global attention. We then concluded the review by outlining salient points that should serve as reflection and learning points to serve as a guide for a better approach in future epidemics/disaster outbreaks.

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