MMSL 2023, 92(2):128-134 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2022.044

NIGERIA’S PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC THROUGH PAST EBOLA EXPERIENCESReview article

Akinyemi Adetunji1*, Vanda Bostik ORCID...2
1 Master’s in Security Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2 Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

This article aims to analyze how Nigeria, the 86th ranked State according to the Global Health Security Index (GHS Index), fared through the Covid-19 pandemic by linking its Ebola experience to the pandemic response. The paper will tackle (one of) these questions: Does their response as a State truly reflect the ranking? Or were they, like the rest of the world, truly unprepared and powerless against the outbreak?

Keywords: epidemic; pandemic; Covid-19; Ebola; Africa; Nigeria; health organizations; epidemiological response

Received: June 25, 2022; Revised: September 26, 2022; Accepted: October 5, 2022; Prepublished online: December 5, 2022; Published: June 2, 2023  Show citation

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Adetunji, A., & Bostik, V. (2023). NIGERIA’S PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC THROUGH PAST EBOLA EXPERIENCES. MMSL, 92(2), 128-134. doi: 10.31482/mmsl.2022.044
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