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Utility of early diagnosis, contact tracing and stakeholder engagement in outbreak response in three COVID-19 outbreak settings in Ghana

OBJECTIVE: To describe how early case detection, testing and contact tracing measures were deployed by stakeholders in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana – using three outbreak scenarios. DESIGN: A descriptive assessment of three case studies of COVID-19 outbreaks within three settings that...

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Autores principales:	Amoakoh-Coleman, Mary, Bandoh, Delia A, Noora, Charles L, Alomatu, Holy, Baidoo, Abraham, Quartey, Sally, Kenu, Ernest, Koram, Kwadwo A
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Ghana Medical Association 2021
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8853693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35233112 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.5

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