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Responding to a Pandemic Through Social and Behavior Change Communication: Nigeria's Experience

Chinwe Lucia Ochu1, Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande1, Vivianne Ihekweazu1

  • 1Chinwe Lucia Ochu, MPH, is Acting Director; Abiodun Egwuenu, MPH, is an Epidemiologist; Chimezie Anueyiagu is a Health Education Officer; Chukwuemeka Oguanuo is Corporate Communications, External Comms Lead; and Yahaya Disu, MPH, is Technical Assistant to the Director General on Operations; all in Prevention, Programmes & Knowledge Management, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria. Oreoluwa Akomolafe, MSc, is Technical Assistant to the Director General; Jeremiah Agenyi is a Communication Consultant, Corporate Communications; Oyeronke Oyebanji is a Strategy Coordinator; Tijesu Ojumu is Corporate Communications, Multimedia Lead; Tarik Mohammed is a Scientific Officer; and Chikwe Ihekweazu is Director General; all in the Office of the Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria. Hadiza Saad, MPH, is a Scientific Office, Surveillance and Epidemiology, also with Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria. Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande, MWACP, is a Public Health Physician, Epidemiology and Community Health; University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara State, Nigeria. Vivianne Ihekweazu, MSc, is Managing Director, Management, Nigeria Health Watch; Chijioke Kaduru, MPH, is Technical Director, Health Division, Corona Management Systems; Ukwori Ejibe, MPA, is Governance Advisor, Strategic Communications and Partnerships, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change; Yinka Falola-Anoemuah, PhD, is Deputy Director and Lead, Gender Human Rights and Care Support Services, Community Prevention and Care Services, National Agency for the Control of AIDS; Olayinka Umar-Farouk, MBA, is Senior Technical Advisor, Management, Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria; and Babafunke Fagbemi, MBA, is Executive Director, Management, Centre for Communication and Social Impact; all in Abuja, Nigeria.

Health Security
|December 21, 2020
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Keywords:
COVID-19Risk communicationSocial and Behavior Change Communication

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