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    Assessment of Preparedness and Community Based /nƚĞƌǀĞnƟŽn Strategies for WƌĞǀĞnƟŽn and Control of Lassa Fever in Rural Malete, Kwara State
    (2021-12-31) Bilewu O Olaolu* , Nusirat Elelu, Adejumo A Adedapo, Ige Taiye and Yusuf F Issa
    Background: The outbreak of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs) in the West African sub region in recent timĞƐ had nĞŐĂtivĞ consequences on the health systems, ŝnƚĞrnĂtiŽnĂů travels, movements and trades. Nigeria is Ɛtiůů bĂƩůŝnŐ with a ƐŝŐnŝĮcĂnƚ spread of Lassa Fever (LF) outbreak. Aims: This study assessed preparedness and community bas ed ŝnƚĞrvĞntiŽn strategies for ƉrĞvĞntiŽn and control of Lassa fever in rural Malete, Kwara State. Methodology: This was a ĚĞƐcrŝƉtivĞ cross ƐĞctiŽnĂů study carried out among. Two hundred ĮŌy nine (259) people in rural Malete. Study respondents were s elected using mƵůtiƐƚĂŐĞ sampling technique. A well structur ed, paper based, interviewer administered qƵĞƐtiŽnnĂŝrĞ w as used for data cŽůůĞctiŽn͘ Data was analyzed using ^ƚĂtiƐticĂů Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 25.0, ƐŽŌwĂrĞ package for windows (IBM SPSS, 2017) ĚĞƐcrŝƉtivĞ and classical ƐƚĂtiƐticƐ were adopted and the level of ƐŝŐnŝĮcĂncĞ for the ƐƚĂtiƐticĂů tests was set at ≤ 0.05. Result: More than half of the respondents 75(64.7%) in the age group (21-30 years) agree they know strategies against Lassa fever ƉrĞvĞntiŽn and control in Malete, 35(57.6%) in the age group (31-40 years) of the respondents also agree they know strategies against Lassa fever ƉrĞvĞntiŽn and control in Malete. Majority 39(77.3%) of respondents in the age group (41-50 years) agree they know strategies against Lassa fever ƉrĞvĞntiŽn and control in Malete. 12(52%) of the respondents in (51 above years) years category agree that they know if the state rĞŐƵůĂtiŽnƐ for ƉrŽƚĞctiŽn against rĂĚŝĂtiŽn is available. Discussion: Past epidemic control in Nigeria have occurred, leaving ůŝƩůĞ or no traces of ĞxŝƐtinŐ control structures behind and preparing no ground for future outbreaks and ůŝƩůĞ or no emphasis on preparedness. Adequate training and retraining of health care providers as well as the establishing well equipped ŝnĨĞctiŽƵƐ disease clinics, laboratories and research centers would help in the prompt containment, diagnosis and treatment of Lassa and would help in ĂvĞrtinŐ possible future outbreaks