The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China.
School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, 710061, China.
Int J Equity Health. 2020 May 27;19(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01192-6.
Northeastern Nigeria has over the decade suffered from the Boko Haram insurgency and is still in the process of recovery from the complex humanitarian crisis that has displaced and subjected millions of vulnerable children, women and elderly population to poverty, disease outbreaks, hunger and malnutrition. Yet, the conflict-affected states in Northeastern Nigeria is not far away from being the worse-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic if urgent public health preventive measures are not taken to contain the spread of the deadly and highly infectious virus. The question arises, "what is Nigeria doing to tackle the burden of a COVID-19 spread and an ongoing humanitarian crisis?
过去十年，尼日利亚东北部地区一直饱受博科圣地叛乱的困扰，目前仍在从这场复杂的人道主义危机中恢复，这场危机使数百万人流离失所，使脆弱的儿童、妇女和老年人陷入贫困、疾病爆发、饥饿和营养不良。然而，如果不采取紧急公共卫生预防措施来遏制这种致命且高度传染性病毒的传播，尼日利亚东北部受冲突影响的各州很可能成为受 COVID-19 疫情影响最严重的地区。问题来了，“尼日利亚在应对 COVID-19 传播和持续的人道主义危机方面做了什么？”
