Risk Communication in Emergency Preparedness and Response
Risk communication is the real-time exchange of information, advice and opinions between experts or officials and people who face a hazard or threat to their su...
Risk communication is the real-time exchange of information, advice and opinions between experts or officials and people who face a hazard or threat to their su...
A PHEOC is a physical location for the coordination of information and resources to support incident management activities. PHEOCs are also referred to as ̶...
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has shown that recent advances in technology can be used to tackle any outbreak of disease. For instance, the period from when the...
West Africa has experienced several epidemic outbreaks over the years. The Ebola virus outbreak was one of the most devastating outbreaks between 2014-2016, whi...
Programmes to eradicate malaria must be funded in order to function, and they must show that their efforts are having a positive effect. M&E reports serve a...
A mite infestation leads to the skin disorder known as scabies, which is highly contagious. Burrowing under the skin, the Sarcoptes scabiei mite produces excruc...
Introduction Diphtheria is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheria, a club-shaped, nonencapsulated, non-motile bacterium. Not getting immunized when young is a ris...
Early in the 19th century, handwashing procedures were introduced into patient care settings. When combined with other hand hygiene measures, the practice has p...
There are 45 notifiable diseases of public health importance in Nigeria. There are many other diseases, events and conditions too that are considered of public ...