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Overview of preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Ghana

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Ghana is part of an ongoing pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first two cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Ghana on 12th March 2020. COVID-19 was consequently declared a Public Health Emergenc...

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Autores principales: Sarkodie, Badu, Asiedu-Bekoe, Franklin, Laryea, Dennis O, Ampofo, William K, Phillips, Richard O, Samba, Ali, Da Costa, Aboagye, Nsiah-Asare, Anthony, Asamoah-Baah, Anarfi, Odame, Emmanuel, Ohene, Sally-Anne, Amoako, Yaw A, Kuma-Aboagye, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ghana Medical Association 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8853692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35233113
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.6
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author Sarkodie, Badu
Asiedu-Bekoe, Franklin
Laryea, Dennis O
Ampofo, William K
Phillips, Richard O
Samba, Ali
Da Costa, Aboagye
Nsiah-Asare, Anthony
Asamoah-Baah, Anarfi
Odame, Emmanuel
Ohene, Sally-Anne
Amoako, Yaw A
Kuma-Aboagye, Patrick
author_facet Sarkodie, Badu
Asiedu-Bekoe, Franklin
Laryea, Dennis O
Ampofo, William K
Phillips, Richard O
Samba, Ali
Da Costa, Aboagye
Nsiah-Asare, Anthony
Asamoah-Baah, Anarfi
Odame, Emmanuel
Ohene, Sally-Anne
Amoako, Yaw A
Kuma-Aboagye, Patrick
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description The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Ghana is part of an ongoing pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first two cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Ghana on 12th March 2020. COVID-19 was consequently declared a Public Health Emergency of National Concern, triggering several response actions, including enhanced surveillance, case detection, case management and contact tracing, closure of borders, suspension of international flights, ban on social gatherings and closure of schools. Preparedness and response plans were activated for implementation at the national, regional, district and community levels. Ghana's Strategic approaches were to limit and stop the importation of cases; detect and contain cases early; expand infrastructure, logistics and capacity to provide quality healthcare for the sick; minimise disruption to social and economic life and increase the domestic capacity of all sectors to deal with existing and future shocks. The health sector strategic frame focused on testing, treatment, and tracking. As of 31st December 2020, a total of 535,168 cases, including 335 deaths (CFR: 0.61%), have been confirmed with 53,928 recoveries and 905 active cases. All the regions have reported cases, with Greater Accra reporting the highest number. The response actions in Ghana have seen high-level political commitment, appropriate and timely decisions, and a careful balance of public health interventions with economic and socio-cultural dynamics. Efforts are ongoing to intensify non-pharmaceutical interventions, sustain the gains made so far and introduce COVID-19 vaccines to reduce the public health burden of the disease in Ghana FUNDING: None declared
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spelling pubmed-88536922022-02-28 Overview of preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Ghana Sarkodie, Badu Asiedu-Bekoe, Franklin Laryea, Dennis O Ampofo, William K Phillips, Richard O Samba, Ali Da Costa, Aboagye Nsiah-Asare, Anthony Asamoah-Baah, Anarfi Odame, Emmanuel Ohene, Sally-Anne Amoako, Yaw A Kuma-Aboagye, Patrick Ghana Med J Special Article The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Ghana is part of an ongoing pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first two cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Ghana on 12th March 2020. COVID-19 was consequently declared a Public Health Emergency of National Concern, triggering several response actions, including enhanced surveillance, case detection, case management and contact tracing, closure of borders, suspension of international flights, ban on social gatherings and closure of schools. Preparedness and response plans were activated for implementation at the national, regional, district and community levels. Ghana's Strategic approaches were to limit and stop the importation of cases; detect and contain cases early; expand infrastructure, logistics and capacity to provide quality healthcare for the sick; minimise disruption to social and economic life and increase the domestic capacity of all sectors to deal with existing and future shocks. The health sector strategic frame focused on testing, treatment, and tracking. As of 31st December 2020, a total of 535,168 cases, including 335 deaths (CFR: 0.61%), have been confirmed with 53,928 recoveries and 905 active cases. All the regions have reported cases, with Greater Accra reporting the highest number. The response actions in Ghana have seen high-level political commitment, appropriate and timely decisions, and a careful balance of public health interventions with economic and socio-cultural dynamics. Efforts are ongoing to intensify non-pharmaceutical interventions, sustain the gains made so far and introduce COVID-19 vaccines to reduce the public health burden of the disease in Ghana FUNDING: None declared Ghana Medical Association 2021-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8853692/ /pubmed/35233113 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.6 Text en Copyright © The Author(s). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article under the CC BY license.
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Sarkodie, Badu
Asiedu-Bekoe, Franklin
Laryea, Dennis O
Ampofo, William K
Phillips, Richard O
Samba, Ali
Da Costa, Aboagye
Nsiah-Asare, Anthony
Asamoah-Baah, Anarfi
Odame, Emmanuel
Ohene, Sally-Anne
Amoako, Yaw A
Kuma-Aboagye, Patrick
Overview of preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Ghana
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title_full Overview of preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Ghana
title_fullStr Overview of preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Ghana
title_full_unstemmed Overview of preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Ghana
title_short Overview of preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Ghana
title_sort overview of preparedness and response to covid-19 in ghana
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8853692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35233113
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.6
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