Mass media exposure and lassa fever risk perception in rural communities of South-south Nigeria

• Main Authors: Erubami, Joshua Aghogho, Ojoboh, Lucky Ogheneruemu, Ohaja, Edith Ugochi, Ezugwu, Martins Ndubisi, Akata, Ukamaka Cecilia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20378/1/48715-186917-1-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20378/; https://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1527
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Nigeria bears the highest burden of Lassa fever in Africa, accounting for about 60% of the 5,000 annual mortalities attributable to the haemorrhagic disease. In the absence of preventive vaccines, the mass media have been deployed as independent and complementary interventions against the spread...