https://www.capacityplus.org/taxonomy/term/615/all en https://www.capacityplus.org/why-nigerias-response-to-ebola-succeeded <p><img alt="Sarah Dwyer" src="/files/s-dwyer-100sq.jpg" align="left" height="75" hspace="10" width="75" />A man arrived by plane in Lagos on July 20. He fell ill at the airport and was taken to a hospital. Shortly afterward he was diagnosed with Ebola, the first case in Nigeria.<br /><br />Lagos is an enormous city of 22 million, and public-sector doctors were on strike. The number of lives at risk was terrifying. <br /><br />“If Ebola hits Lagos, we're in real trouble,” <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/08/14/you_are_not_nearly_scared_enough_ebola_vaccine_west_africa_outbreak">warned Laurie Garrett in <em>Foreign Policy</em></a>, and added that her colleague <a href="http://www.cfr.org/diseases-infectious/ebola-outbreak/p33318">John Campbell predicted</a> it “would instantly transform this situation into a worldwide crisis.”<br /><br />Yet August 29 marked the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/previous-updates.html">last reported case of Ebola in the country</a>, and the number of confirmed cases topped out at <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/case-counts.html">20, with eight deaths</a>. The incubation period for those who had contact with Ebola patients <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/10/02/353253523/a-glimmer-of-hope-nigeria-may-have-beaten-ebola">ended on October 2</a>. After 42 days with no new cases, Nigeria will be officially free of Ebola.</p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authoring-information"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Author&#039;s name:&nbsp;</div> Sarah Dwyer </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-publication-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Publication Date:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-single">October 2014</span> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="https://www.capacityplus.org/why-nigerias-response-to-ebola-succeeded" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://www.capacityplus.org/why-nigerias-response-to-ebola-succeeded#comments Anadach Group Dr. Egbe Osifo-Dawodu Ebola Health Systems Health Workers Lagos Nigeria Outbreak Sarah Dwyer Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:12:56 +0000 Sarah Dwyer 1346 at https://www.capacityplus.org