Challenges in conducting population-based seroepidemiology survey of COVID-19 in Lagos State, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: Population-based study is known to be a very essential type of study during and after a pandemic or epidemic, as it provides crucial information on the incidence, prevalence, and risk factors of the disease in question. There has been limited information about the challenges faced in conducting such surveys in Nigeria. In this paper, we will share our experience, and describe the challenges faced in conducting a population-based seroepidemiological study of COVID-19 in Lagos, Nigeria. Some challenges were peculiar to specific Local Government Areas (LGAs) while others were general. The challenges include general misconceptions of community members about health research, difficulties in mapping houses, planning for data collection, standardizing data collection, working in hard-to-reach com

SUBMITTER: Ojogbede AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10740330 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature