A twin disaster: Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and a cerebrospinal meningitis outbreak simultaneously in a low-resource country

Samuel Adjorlolo, Daniel Lawer Egbenya

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1795963
JournalGlobal Health Action
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2020

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • LMIC
  • cerebrospinal meningitis
  • equity
  • healthcare resources

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