SARS-CoV-2 updates in a West African population and precautionary measures for sustaining quality antenatal care delivery

doi:10.7189/jogh.10.020365

Review

. 2020 Dec;10(2):020365.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020365.

SARS-CoV-2 updates in a West African population and precautionary measures for sustaining quality antenatal care delivery

Emmanuel Komla Senanu Morhe^{1

2}, Enoch Odame Anto^{3

4}, David Antony Coall⁴, Eric Adua⁴, Alexander Yaw Debrah^{3

5}, Otchere Addai-Mensah³, Michael Owusu^{3

5}, William Kba Owiredu⁶, Christian Obirikorang⁶, Emmanuel Akomanin Asiamah⁷, Emmanuel Acheampong^{3

6}, Evan Adu Asamoah⁶, Lydia Abradu², Agartha Odame Anto^{2

8}, Youxin Wang⁹, Haifeng Hou¹⁰, Wei Wang^{4

9

10}

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¹ School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ho Teaching Hospital, Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa.
³ College of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Diagnostic, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa.
⁴ School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.
⁵ Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa.
⁶ School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa.
⁷ School of Health and Allied Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa.
⁸ School of Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa.
⁹ Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
¹⁰ School of Medical and Health Sciences, Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China.

PMID: 33110560
PMCID: PMC7567409
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.020365

Review

SARS-CoV-2 updates in a West African population and precautionary measures for sustaining quality antenatal care delivery

Emmanuel Komla Senanu Morhe et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;10(2):020365.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020365.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ho Teaching Hospital, Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa.
³ College of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Diagnostic, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa.
⁴ School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.
⁵ Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa.
⁶ School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa.
⁷ School of Health and Allied Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa.
⁸ School of Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa.
⁹ Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
¹⁰ School of Medical and Health Sciences, Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China.

PMID: 33110560
PMCID: PMC7567409
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.020365

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Competing interests: The authors completed the ICMJE Unified Competing Interest form (available upon request from the corresponding author) and declare no conflicts of interest.

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**Figure 1**
Update of COVID-19 cases in Africa and the regional distribution of cases in Ghana. **Panel A.** Distribution of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa with Ghana recording the 5th highest number of cases. **Panel B.** Regional distribution of cases in Ghana (B) as at 9 May 2020. Maps were downloaded from the African Argument Organisation reports [2] and Ghana Health Services updates [3] linked to the COVID-19 data repository of the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering on 9 May 2020.

None — Photo: A group of Ghanaian pregnant women at the Ho Teaching Hospital (HTH) wearing masks and adhering to social distancing (Photographer: Agartha Odame Anto from HTH).

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[1] Wang C, Horby PW, Hayden FG, Gao GF.A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern. Lancet. 2020;395:470-3. 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30185-9 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Wang C, Horby PW, Hayden FG, Gao GF.A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern. Lancet. 2020;395:470-3. 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30185-9 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] African Arguments. Coronavirus in Africa Tracker: How many covid-19 cases & where. Available: https://africanarguments.org/2020/04/30/coronavirus-in-africa-tracker-ho.... Accessed: 9 May 2020.

[4] African Arguments. Coronavirus in Africa Tracker: How many covid-19 cases & where. Available: https://africanarguments.org/2020/04/30/coronavirus-in-africa-tracker-ho.... Accessed: 9 May 2020.

[5] Ghana Health Service. Ghana's Outbreak Response Management Updates 2020. 2020. Available: https://www.ghanahealthservice.org/covid19/. Accessed: 30 April 2020.

[6] Ghana Health Service. Ghana's Outbreak Response Management Updates 2020. 2020. Available: https://www.ghanahealthservice.org/covid19/. Accessed: 30 April 2020.

[7] World Health Organization Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. Available: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situatio.... Accessed: 9 May 2020.

[8] World Health Organization Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. Available: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situatio.... Accessed: 9 May 2020.

[9] Ministry of Communication. Minister's Press Briefing at the Ministry of Information. Available: https://www.moc.gov.gh/ministers-press-briefing-ministry-information-moi. Accessed: 9 May 2020.

[10] Ministry of Communication. Minister's Press Briefing at the Ministry of Information. Available: https://www.moc.gov.gh/ministers-press-briefing-ministry-information-moi. Accessed: 9 May 2020.

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