Chikwe Ihekweazu writes:
Strange deaths in a community in Niger State in 2015 left the community confused, this was followed by a period of uncertainty and anxiety, and they reached out to the only rational explanation they could imagine – the supernatural. By the time the public health authorities were informed and a diagnosis of Lassa Fever was made, the outbreak had spread to many states. Control efforts included a mixture of persuasion to report suspicious cases to health authorities, establishment of task teams, and even an emergency meeting of the National Council of Health. One patient is reported to have “escaped” the hospital where he was being treated. The community was scared; they did not know who to trust...[more]
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