Open AccessCOVID-19 and the Nigerian correctional service: need for structured data
Author(s) -
A.A. Qureshi,
Ima Kashim,
Similolu Akintorin,
Larissa H. Unruh,
Sadhana Dharmapuri,
Kenneth Soyemi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pan african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.287
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1937-8688
DOI - 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.1.25370
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , contact tracing , prison , data collection , population , medical emergency , incidence (geometry) , service (business) , environmental health , virology , criminology , pathology , statistics , physics , mathematics , disease , economy , sociology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , optics , economics
Although prisoners are considered a vulnerable population, no data repository currently exists to monitor the COVID-19 incidence in Nigerian prisons. To better understand the impact of COVID-19 within the Nigerian prison system, prisons should develop detailed COVID-19 response protocols, implement enhanced point-of-care testing, and initiate contact tracing with meticulous data collection.