A Study of COVID-19 Adaptation Strategies for Residents of Multi-tenanted Housing in Lagos, Nigeria

尼日利亚的指标性病例于2020年2月27日在拉各斯宣布。截至2020年4月27日，疫情已蔓延至全国36个州中的32个以上，有1,337例确诊病例、40例死亡、225例恢复病例以及各利益集团大量漏报的指控。拉各斯仍然是尼日利亚新冠肺炎疫情的震中，确诊病例中有54%。虽然与其他国家相比死亡率较低，但社区传播的可能性和人们对管理这种疾病的困难的认识现在很严重。在防止大流行蔓延的安全运动中，主要干预措施是练习定期洗手、社交距离和在家中保持安全以及自我隔离(暗示要在家中进行)。我们的研究是出于对多租户房屋居民在缺乏基本便利设施和过度拥挤的环境下遵守这些指示的能力的担忧，特别是在州政府和联邦政府对这些人的应对策略以及尼日利亚疾病控制中心关于新冠肺炎保护的指令一直保持沉默的情况下。因此，本研究的目的是为防止新冠肺炎在尼日利亚拉各斯多租户房屋居民中的社区传播提供支持。研究支持的基础是采用历史、文献和音乐来了解应对机制，促进遵守公共卫生措施，并倡导为居住在多租户住房的人制定社区预防战略。这项研究特别关注拉各斯多租户房屋的居民，因为他们过于拥挤的生活条件使他们特别容易受到大流行的社区传播的影响。这项研究采用了远程工作方法(电话采访、广播电话节目、社交媒体和参与)，并对历史和文学参与进行了档案研究，以确定过去有效的应对机制，现在将在预防较贫穷社区的大流行传播方面发挥作用。这项研究将就如何即使在有限的空间内保持社交距离提供战略，并通过提供对居民具有实际用途的实际结果，教育居民在保持健康习惯的同时，切实地共享共同和稀缺的设施的最佳方式。它将产生关于多租户住房居民如何应对和应对机构健康宣传的背景研究，增进对当地战略与全球运动通过/建议的战略的不同之处的了解。通过这些，这项研究还将提供证据，证明艺术活动在改善低收入地区贫困和弱势居民生活方面的作用。设想的研究成果包括使用非常流行的当地媒体(如电台)以当地语言播放宣传口号和口语，在社交媒体上广泛分享短片，以及在街道上传播彩色海报。此外，政策简报将与政府机构共享，学术论文将提交给同行评议的国际期刊。其他成果包括在线会议。因此，这项研究召集了来自历史、创意艺术、文学和住房、扶贫开发的研究人员与社区领导人、媒体从业人员和政府合作，以确保采取积极行动，进一步遏制疫情在尼日利亚大流行中心拉各斯的蔓延。由于目前面临疫情的大多数发展中国家城市都存在类似的密集、不合标准的住房条件，这项研究也将能够在面临类似挑战的其他非洲城市复制。

The index case in Nigeria was announced on 27 February 2020 in Lagos. As at April 27 2020, the pandemic has reached over 32 of 36 states in the country, with 1,337 confirmed cases, 40 deaths, 225 recovered cases and allegations of vast under-reporting from various interest groups. Lagos is still the epicenter of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Nigeria with 54% of confirmed cases. While the mortality is low to compared to other countries, the potential for community spread and the recognition of the difficulty in managing it is now acute. In the campaign to keep safe against the spread of the pandemic, the major interventions are practicing regular hand washing, social distancing and keeping safe at home as well as self-isolation (implied to be done at home). Our research is motivated by concern about the capacity of residents of multi-tenanted houses to adhere to these instructions in an environment of lack of basic amenities and overcrowding, especially as there has been remarkable silence on coping strategies for these people in both state and federal government as well from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) directives on COVID-19 protection.The purpose of this research is thus to provide support for the prevention of community spread of COVID-19 amongst residents of multi-tenanted housing in Lagos, Nigeria. The research support is anchored on the adoption of history, literature and music in understanding the coping mechanisms, promoting adherence to public health measures and advocating for community prevention strategies for people who live in multi-tenanted housing. The research is particularly focused on residents of multi-tenanted houses in Lagos, because their overcrowded living conditions make them particularly vulnerable to community spread of the Pandemic. The study adopts remote working methods (telephone interviews, radio call-in programs, social media and engagement) with archival research on history and literature engagement to ascertain the coping mechanisms that has worked in the past and will work now in the prevention of pandemic spread in poorer communities. The study will provide strategies on how to maintain social distance even in limited spaces and educate residents on the best ways to practicably share common and scarce facilities while maintaining healthy habits by providing tangible results that are of practical use to them. It will produce contextual studies about how residents of multi-tenanted housing cope with and respond to institutional health advocacy Improved knowledge on how local strategies differ from those adopted/recommended by the global movement. With these, the research will also be providing evidence of the role of arts activities in improving the lives of the poor and vulnerable residents of low-income localities. Envisaged research outcomes include advocacy jingles and spoken words to be aired in local language languages using very popular and local media such as radio, short animations to be shared widely on social media, and colourful posters to be disseminated in streets. In addition, policy briefs would be shared with government agencies, academic papers will be submitted to peer-reviewed International Journals. Other outcomes include on-line conference meetings. The research therefore brings researchers from History, Creative Arts, Literature and Housing, Pro-poor development with community leaders, media practitioners and government to ensure proactive actions are taken to further contain the spread of the pandemic in Lagos, Nigeria's pandemic epicenter. As there are comparable conditions of dense, sub-standard housing in most developing world cities now facing the pandemic, the research will also be capable of being replicated in other African cities facing similar challenges.