Government Preparedness Towards Ebola and Covid-19 Health Crises in Ghana
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The African continent has witnessed most health crises including yellow fever, meningitis, cholera, and Ebola. Two recent faced by Ghana have been the Ebola virus Covid-19 diseases. This paper attempts to compare these two understand what preparedness approaches were used government of during crises. Also, identify similarities differences why existed in towards that happened over different periods whether Ghana’s was based on lessons from Through policy legacies analytical framework a review literature, argues shows lot training healthcare workers, infrastructure introduced, public engagement, political decisions made fight both
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Organization Review
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1566-7170', '1573-7098']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-023-00711-7