Abstract
COVID-19 demonstrated a global catastrophe that touched everybody, including the scientific community. As we respond and recover rapidly from this pandemic, there is an opportunity
to guarantee that the fabric of our society includes sustainability, fairness, and care. However, approaches to environmental health attempt to decrease the population burden of COVID-19, toward saving patients from becoming ill along with preserving the allocation of clinical resources and
public safety standards. This paper explores environmental and public health evidence-based practices toward responding to Covid-19. A literature review tried to do a deep dive through the use of
various search engines such as Mendeley, Research Gate, CAB Abstract, Google Scholar, Summon,
PubMed, Scopus, Hinari, Dimension, OARE Abstract, SSRN, Academia search strategy toward reretrieving research publications, “grey literature” as well as reports from expert working groups. To
achieve enhanced population health, it is recommended to adopt widespread evidence-based strategies, particularly in this uncertain time. As only together can evidence-informed decision-making
(EIDM) can become a reality which includes effective policies and practices, transparency and accountability of decisions, and equity outcomes; these are all more relevant in resource-constrained
contexts, such as Nigeria. Effective and ethical EIDM though requires the production as well as use
of high-quality evidence that are timely, appropriate and structured. One way to do so is through
co-production. Co-production (or co-creation or co-design) of environmental/public health evidence considered as a key tool for addressing complex global crises such as the high risk of severe
COVID-19 in different nations. A significant evidence-based component of environmental/public
health (EBEPH) consist of decisions making based on best accessible, evidence that is peer-reviewed;
using data as well as systematic information systems; community engagement in policy making;
conducting sound evaluation; do thorough program-planning frameworks; as well as disseminating what is being learned. As researchers, scientists, statisticians, journal editors, practitioners, as
well as decision-makers strive to improve population health, having a natural tendency toward
scrutinizing the scientific literature aimed at novel research findings serving as the foundation for
intervention as well as prevention programs. The main inspiration behind conducting research
ought to be toward stimulating and collaborating appropriately on public/environmental health
action. Hence, there is need for a “Plan B” of effective behavioural, environmental, social as well as
systems interventions (BESSI) toward reducing transmission.