id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-301900-t4y4954h Durotoye, Idayat Pertinent roles of African higher institutions in the COVID‐19 pandemic response: The University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria; An African Model 2020-05-25 .txt text/plain 1011 70 47 4 The Unilorin health services was setup to meet the health needs of students and staff of the University community within a clinic facility that operates in collaboration with the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, where cases that require specialist's attention are referred. First, a 3-minute in-house produced video (on COVID-19 preventive measures) was aired weekly at film shows organized for students; shared through multiple social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter; and displayed on digital devices across the university campuses. On invitation from local television and radio media houses, live interviews on COVID-19 preventive measures were organized, aired, and streamed as corporate social responsibilities. 11 In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria, a community-based rural healthcare outreach was organized to four adjourning rural communities next to the University. Using role-plays and didactic approaches within focal groups, 12 communities were educated, respectively, on good hand hygiene, 7 social distancing, good respiratory hygiene, and other COVID-19 prevention strategies 13 in their local languages. ./cache/cord-301900-t4y4954h.txt ./txt/cord-301900-t4y4954h.txt