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

尼日利亚的指示病例于2020年2月27日在拉各斯宣布。截至2020年4月27日，大流行已蔓延到该国36个州中的32个以上，有1337例确诊病例，40例死亡，225例康复病例，各利益集团指控严重漏报。拉各斯仍然是尼日利亚Covid-19大流行的中心，确诊病例占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对管理它的困难的认识现在很严重。在防止大流行传播的安全运动中，主要的干预措施是经常洗手、保持社交距离、在家保持安全以及自我隔离（暗示在家中进行）。我们的研究动机是担心在缺乏基本设施和过度拥挤的环境中，多租户房屋的居民是否有能力遵守这些指示，特别是在州和联邦政府以及尼日利亚疾病控制中心（NCDC）关于COVID-19保护的指令对这些人的应对策略保持沉默的情况下。因此，本研究的目的是为预防COVID-19在尼日利亚拉各斯多租住房居民中的社区传播提供支持。研究支持的基础是采用历史、文学和音乐来理解应对机制，促进遵守公共卫生措施，并为居住在多租住房的人倡导社区预防战略。这项研究特别关注拉各斯多租户房屋的居民，因为他们过度拥挤的生活条件使他们特别容易受到大流行社区传播的影响。该研究采用远程工作方法（电话采访、电台热线节目、社交媒体和参与），并对历史和文学参与进行档案研究，以确定过去和现在在预防流行病在较贫穷社区传播方面行之有效的应对机制。该研究将提供如何在有限的空间内保持社会距离的策略，并通过提供对他们实际使用的切实结果，教育居民如何切实共享公共和稀缺设施，同时保持健康习惯。它将产生关于多租户住房居民如何应对和响应机构卫生宣传的背景研究。提高对地方战略与全球运动所采用/建议的战略有何不同的认识。有了这些，这项研究也将提供证据，证明艺术活动在改善低收入地区贫困和弱势居民的生活方面的作用。设想的研究成果包括利用广播等非常流行的当地媒体用当地语言播放宣传歌曲和口语，在社交媒体上广泛分享的短动画，以及在街头传播的彩色海报。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，这项研究将历史、创意艺术、文学和住房、扶贫发展领域的研究人员与社区领导人、媒体从业人员和政府聚集在一起，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传播。由于目前面临这一流行病的大多数发展中国家城市都有类似的密集、不合标准的住房条件，因此这项研究也将能够在面临类似挑战的其他非洲城市进行复制。

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.