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  • Managing a deadly pandemic in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is challenging. The task becomes tougher when there is an outbreak of an equally deadly disease. This is the present situation of Ghana, a low-resource country, that is confronted with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) outbreak. Apart from the resource constraint at both governmental and individual levels, such a situation affects the overall wellbeing of ordinary citizens as well as healthcare professionals, particularly those in high-risk areas. Perhaps, more than ever, we have to ensure equitable distribution of scarce healthcare resources in our effort to manage this ‘twin disaster’ of COVID-19 and CSM. We evaluated Ghana’s situation (outbreak response) and recommended measures to help us navigate this conundrum of a public health crisis.
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?:doi
  • 10.1080/16549716.2020.1795963
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?:journal
  • Global_health_action
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  • cc-by
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/f311277a8bf7dbc1543f18b9e1d9685c0a518d32.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7480482.xml.json
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?:pmid
  • 32762300.0
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  • Medline; PMC
?:title
  • A twin disaster: Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and a cerebrospinal meningitis outbreak simultaneously in a low-resource country
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?:year
  • 2020-08-07

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