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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari shows his COVID-19 certificate after receiving his first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in March 2021. Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP via Getty Images

July 14, 2021

Nigerian academics weigh in on the faults and frustrations of managing COVID‑19

Doyin Odubanjo, Nigerian Academy of Science; Christian Happi, Redeemer's University; Folasade Ogunsola, University of Lagos, and Oyewale Tomori, Nigerian Academy of Science

Experts assess Nigeria’s response to COVID-19 so far and express worry that the country does not appear to have learnt much; it isn’t prepared for the next pandemic.

Lessons from keeping the country free of Ebola have informed steps taken since the coronavirus scare first broke. Shutterstock

February 3, 2020

Nigeria and disease outbreaks. Better prepared, but still weak spots

Folasade Ogunsola, University of Lagos

Nigeria has to plug the gaps at points of entry to keep infectious diseases at bay.

Nigeria managed to stem the spread of ebola in Lagos, a densely populated city of 21 million people. Reuters/Juda Ngwenya

May 13, 2015

How Nigeria beat the ebola virus in three months

Folasade Ogunsola, University of Lagos

The fast thinking Nigerian government used a tried and tested tracking system and pooled expertise to contain the ebola virus in three months.

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