iom nigeria covid-19 preparedness and response
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A camp resident collects water in Maiduguri, Borno State. Photo: IOM 2020
IOM NIGERIA
COVID-19 PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE SITUATION REPORT: 1 JUNE - 31 JULY 2020
During the reporting period, 696,325 individuals were reached
with targeted hygiene promotion messages in Borno,
Adamawa and Yobe states through the Water, Sanitation and
Hygiene (WASH), Camp Coordination and Camp
Management (CCCM), and Mental Health and Psychosocial
Support (MHPSS) teams.
Fifty-six awareness-raising sessions were conducted across six
Local Government Areas (LGAs) reaching 28,887 vulnerable
individuals living in camps and host communities to address
perceptions of risk to the pandemic.
In coordination with the MHPSS partners and as co-chair of
the MHPSS sub-working group for the north-east, IOM
produced an assessment tool to understand community
members’ attitudes, perceptions and myths towards COVID-
19 in Borno state. The insights gained are integrated into
the RCCE messaging.
Through the Migrants as Messengers volunteers, IOM reached
over 754 traders located in various markets in Lagos, Delta
and Edo states. 650 pieces of Information Education and
Communication (IEC) materials on safe migration pathways,
30 posters on COVID-19 preventive measures and trafficking
in persons, and stickers containing COVID-19 preventive
measures were distributed.
RISK COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (RCCE)
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Close to 300 Nigerian
migrants assisted to return
from Mali and Niger.
91,164,058 litres of water
supplied to 118,827 people
in north-east Nigeria.
POINTS OF ENTRY (PoEs)
In collaboration with WHO), IOM supported PoE and flow
monitoring activities recording the movement of approx. 1,219
persons at 17 PoEs. Details of the movement can be found
on IOM Nigeria’s COVID-19 point of entry dashboard.
INFECTION AND PREVENTION CONTROL (IPC)
IOM installed 23 handwashing stations across IDP camps in
Jere and Dikwa, Borno State, and four additional handwashing
stations in camps in Gerei and Yola North LGAs in Adamawa
State, bringing the total number of handwashing stations under
the COVID-19 response to 315 in nine LGAs in Borno and
Adamawa.
During the reporting period, IOM supplied 91,164,058 litres of
water from 60 solar boreholes and 24 handpumps for 118,827
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As a preventive measure to control the spread of the virus in
the campsites, IOM has completed the construction of 76
units of Self Quarantine Shelters, while 40 are under
construction, and 54 are planned in Borno and Adamawa
states.
During the reporting period, land was secured for the
construction of 200 improved emergency shelters.
Additionally, 10 buildings in Ngala LGA, Borno State, were
rehabilitated and 649 individuals relocated to decongest the
overcrowded reception center. 1,681 individuals were
supported with 500 shelters as a measure to decongest
another overcrowded camp in Borno State.
CAMP COORDINATION AND CAMP MANAGEMENT (CCCM)
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people across 44 camps in eight local government areas in
Borno State. In addition, IOM distributed 23,630 bars of soap
to 11,815 people in camps in Borno State for prevention of
COVID-19.
72 new sanitation facilities were completed in Gwoza GSSS
camp extension while the construction of 48 new latrines and
showers is ongoing in Stadium camp in Maiduguri, Borno State.
PROTECTION
MHPSS teams continue to engage host communities in positive
coping strategies/activities. During the reporting period, 3, 415
individuals were supported.
To address the psychological impacts of COVID-19, 20
individual, family, and group lay counselling sessions on COVID
-19 related psychosocial stress signs were conducted in eight
wards across five LGAs in Yola, Adamawa State, reaching 56
vulnerable individuals living in camps and host communities.
In collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian
Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, the
Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, the National Agency
for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Nigerian Emergency
Management Agency, and the IOM missions in Mali and Niger,
IOM Nigeria successfully returned voluntarily 109 and 158
vulnerable migrants, respectively. Since May, IOM has
supported the return of a total 296 migrants from Mali, Niger,
and Lebanon.
During the reporting period, IOM has supported 1,500
migrants with reintegration assistance, counseling, and capital
to start their own business according to their needs.
IOM in collaboration with NAPTIP, the Edo State Taskforce
Against Human Trafficking (ETAHT) and other key legal actors
in Edo launched the legal hub aimed at strengthening and
synergising access to justice options for victims of trafficking
willing to pursue legal remedies. Legal hubs in Delta and Lagos
will be launched later in the year.
SHELTER CONSTRUCTION
1,606 emergency shelter kits were distributed to 8,030 IDPs
who were affected by hazards such as rainstorms and fire
outbreaks, as well as those living in poor conditions in
makeshift shelters in various locations across the BAY states.
348 shelters were constructed by engaging the community
carpenters for 1,740 individuals. 1,000 emergency shelters
were reinforced in Maiduguri and Konduga towns supporting
over 5,000 individuals. 400 shelter repair kits reaching 2,480
individuals were distributed in Bama and Gwoza LGAs in
Borno State to help returnee communities rehabilitate their
shelters. In total, during the reporting period, IOM supported
17,250 individuals with various emergency shelters.
TRACKING MOBILITY IMPACT
IOM conducted flow monitoring between Maiduguri-Baga,
Monguno-Baga axis, and in the priority areas of Sokoto State.
The identified movement types for all flows in Sokoto were
short-term local movement (43%), economic migration (39%),
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IOM coordinated the Heads of Immigration and the Migration
Dialogue for West Africa (MIDWA) Ministerial meetings
aimed at strengthening migration management, security-related
issues in the region and the implications on free movement
and mobility posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 24 July, five guiding free movement and migration policy
documents were validated by the Economic Community of
West African States (ECOWAS), Heads of Immigration and
Ministers of Migration and Integration.
IOM, in collaboration with Médecins du Monde, and Mental
Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), secured mobile toll
-free numbers to support the implementation of tele-
counselling and remote psychosocial support in the north-east.
BIC donated 28,000 writing and coloring items including color
pencils, pens, and whiteboard markers to support IOM’s
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support programme in Borno
State.
COORDINATION AND PARTNERSHIPS
CONTACT US:
IOM Chief of Mission: Twitter
Franz Celestin @IOM_Nigeria
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IOM Programme Support Unit Maiduguri Facebook.com/IOMNigeria
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Nigerian stranded migrants returned from Mali via humanitarian corridor. Photo: IOM 2020 Chylian, a returnee volunteer under Migrants as Messengers during sensitization session. Photo: IOM 2020
seasonal migration (14%) and tourism (4%) and the main
modes of transport identified for all flows were car (74%), bus
(21%), and foot (3%).
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migration.iom.int/
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