Chinenye Okafor

Health Systems Preparedness for Outbreak Response: A Systematic Review

Chinenye Okafor, Best Ordinioha, Okongko Aniefiok Dickson, Daniel Okon, Ejekwu, Samuel Soni, Tariebi Katherine Owei-Tongu & Emmanuel Etim Clement · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2026

Background: Outbreak response depends on health-system capacities that extend beyond formal planning, including surveillance, coordination, staff readiness, supplies and community trust. Evidence about measured preparedness and real-world response is dispersed across different de...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijtdh/2026/v47i101789

Knowledge, Infection Prevention Practice, and the Stigma of Monkey Pox Disease among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Rivers State: A Cross-Sectional Study

Golden Owhonda, Ihuoma Aaron Wali, Chidinma Eze-Emiri, Ndubuisi Akpuh, Hastings Onu, Victor Abiikor, Ifeoma Nwadiuto, Adebola Olayinka, Mie Okamura, Kumshida Yakubu Balami, Olufunmilola Kolude, Bosede Ezekwe, Chinenye Okafor, Victor Oris-Onyiri & Walter Kazadi Mulombo · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2023

Background: Monkey pox (Mpox) is a zoonotic viral illness that is endemic to Africa. In contrast to earlier years, the current Mpox outbreak has had an unusually rapid worldwide spread in terms of the number of cases, and most of these cases were among Men who have Sex with Men (...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i6820