The demographic effects and public health infrastructure dearth of COVID-19 in Ghana [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]
Date
2023
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F1000 Research
Abstract
Background: Over the last two years, the world has been
experiencing a worldwide health catastrophe. The Corona Virus
(COVID-19) struck at the heart of societies and is a major health-care
infrastructure problem. Infrastructure has been characterised as the
basic requirement for carrying out productive and relevant public
health actions. Mortality has direct and indirect relationship, with the
former causing short and long-term mortality, resulting in a short life
expectancy. Reduced accessibility and quality of health care, isolation,
loneliness, and poverty were some of the indirect repercussions. The
outcomes were sad and deeply felt when the two collided with ageing
and persons with co-morbidities. The fertility effect of COVID-19 in the
short-term on contraception presented itself in increased difficulties in
accessing services and disruptions in the supply chain. Migration was
mainly affected due to travel bans and restriction of movements
through stay-at-home instructions.
Methods: This paper uses the qualitative paradigm of research that
used corpus construction in the selection of material to represent a
whole and this make it functionally equivalent to sampling but
structurally different. It used secondary data to ascertain the
demographic effects and the extent of health infrastructure deficit
and ingenious ways to curb the challenges as exposed by the COVID -
19.
Results: The study underscores how demographic factors can be
disrupted by pandemics to bring about high rates of mortality. Global
health function is under-funded and under-produced, as a study by
the World Health Organization suggests.
Conclusions: The study brings to bear that anthropogenic activities,
air greenhouse gases, lifespan and hospital beds are key drivers of
COVID-19 growth. The path forward to mitigate such pandemics is
international harmony and alliances in the distribution of vaccines,
strengthening of international health systems ability to hold back major infectious disease, addressing service quality and providing key
financial injection.
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Research Article
Keywords
Demographic effects, public health, infrastructure
Citation
How to cite this article: Conduah AK. The demographic effects and public health infrastructure dearth of COVID-19 in Ghana [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations] F1000Research 2022, 11:643 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.121780.1