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Review Article Open Access August 12, 2021

Responding to the Call through Translating Science into Impact: Building an Evidence-Based Approaches to Effectively Curb Public Health Emergencies [Covid-19 Crisis]

Olalekan Morufu Raimi 1, 2,*, Kalada Godson Mcfubara 1, Oyeyemi Sunday Abisoye 1, Clinton Ifeanyichukwu Ezekwe 3, Olawale Henry Sawyerr 2 and Gift Aziba-anyam Raimi 4
1
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
2
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Health, Allied and Environmental Science, College of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kwara State University, Nigeria.
3
Weather Forecasting Services, Nigerian Meteorological Agency Abuja/Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Port Harcourt, Choba Town, Rivers State, Nigeria.
4
Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Publihed in: Current Research in Public Health (Volume 1, Issue 1, 2021)
Page(s): 12-45
DOI: 10.31586/gjeid.2021.010102
Received
July 01, 2021
Revised
August 01, 2021
Accepted
August 11, 2021
Published
August 12, 2021
Keywords
Public health emergencies; Evidence-informed decision; Science impact; Scientific community; Team-based care; COVID-19 pandemic; Sustainability; Nigeria
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Raimi, O. M. , Raimi, O. M. Mcfubara, K. G. , Mcfubara, K. G. Abisoye, O. S. , Abisoye, O. S. Ezekwe, C. I. , Ezekwe, C. I. Sawyerr, O. H. , & Sawyerr, O. H. (2021). Responding to the Call through Translating Science into Impact: Building an Evidence-Based Approaches to Effectively Curb Public Health Emergencies [Covid-19 Crisis]. Current Research in Public Health, 1(1), 12-45. https://doi.org/10.31586/gjeid.2021.010102
ACS Style
Raimi, O. M. ; Raimi, O. M. Mcfubara, K. G. ; Mcfubara, K. G. Abisoye, O. S. ; Abisoye, O. S. Ezekwe, C. I. ; Ezekwe, C. I. Sawyerr, O. H. ; Sawyerr, O. H. Responding to the Call through Translating Science into Impact: Building an Evidence-Based Approaches to Effectively Curb Public Health Emergencies [Covid-19 Crisis]. Current Research in Public Health 2021 1(1), 12-45. https://doi.org/10.31586/gjeid.2021.010102
Chicago/Turabian Style
Raimi, Olalekan Morufu, Olalekan Morufu Raimi. Kalada Godson Mcfubara, Kalada Godson Mcfubara. Oyeyemi Sunday Abisoye, Oyeyemi Sunday Abisoye. Clinton Ifeanyichukwu Ezekwe, Clinton Ifeanyichukwu Ezekwe. Olawale Henry Sawyerr, and Olawale Henry Sawyerr. 2021. "Responding to the Call through Translating Science into Impact: Building an Evidence-Based Approaches to Effectively Curb Public Health Emergencies [Covid-19 Crisis]". Current Research in Public Health 1, no. 1: 12-45. https://doi.org/10.31586/gjeid.2021.010102
AMA Style
Raimi OM, Raimi OMMcfubara KG, Mcfubara KGAbisoye OS, Abisoye OSEzekwe CI, Ezekwe CISawyerr OH, Sawyerr OH. Responding to the Call through Translating Science into Impact: Building an Evidence-Based Approaches to Effectively Curb Public Health Emergencies [Covid-19 Crisis]. Current Research in Public Health. 2021; 1(1):12-45. https://doi.org/10.31586/gjeid.2021.010102 
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