Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on general health and malaria control in Ghana: a qualitative study with mothers and health care professionals
COVID-19 has severely impacted health systems and the management of non-COVID-19 diseases, including malaria, globally. The pandemic has hit sub-Saharan Africa less than expected; even considering large underreporting, the direct COVID-19 burden was minor compared to the Global North. However, the i...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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06 March 2023
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Malaria journal
Year: 2023, Volume: 22, Pages: 1-11 |
| ISSN: | 1475-2875 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12936-023-04513-6 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04513-6 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-023-04513-6 
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| Author Notes: | Anna-Katharina Heuschen, Alhassan Abdul-Mumin, Abdulai Abubakari, Faith Agbozo, Guangyu Lu, Albrecht Jahn and Olaf Müller |
| Summary: | COVID-19 has severely impacted health systems and the management of non-COVID-19 diseases, including malaria, globally. The pandemic has hit sub-Saharan Africa less than expected; even considering large underreporting, the direct COVID-19 burden was minor compared to the Global North. However, the indirect effects of the pandemic, e.g. on socio-economic inequality and health care systems, may have been more disruptive. Following a quantitative analysis from northern Ghana, which showed significant reductions in overall outpatient department visits and malaria cases during the first year of COVID-19, this qualitative study aims to provide further explanations to those quantitative findings. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 30.11.2023 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1475-2875 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12936-023-04513-6 |