Ouestafnews – in collaboration with Awoko News. In December 2022, the government of Sierra Leone marked a major victory in its three-year and still on-going battle against the COVID-19 virus. “As of December 2022, we surpassed the threshold of 70% percent of the population that have been vaccinated,” said Harold Thomas, Health Education Program Manager …
By: Kenneth Bracwell
“The Bible City” “Only way out is to repent” “Hell fire is for real sinners” These were some of the inscriptions that welcomed me to the home of Evangelist Setordzi Dogbey, 67, who lives with his wife and children at Setsinu Avanukpota, a small community within the Anloga District of the Volta Region, Ghana. Anloga …
Religious Resistance to COVID-19 Vaccination: The Case of Ghana’s Anloga District Read More »
Ghana’s COVID-19 infection rates have significantly decreased in recent times since the country recorded its first two cases on March 12, 2020 after the pandemic hit the world in December 2019. The country has seen a dramatic decrease in COVID-19 infections. From an average daily case count of about 1,500, Ghana, as of December 16, …
The season of Christmas comes with lots of compliments, well-wishes, and cautionary messages among families, friends, and citizens at-large to ensure an incident-free period. For Ghanaians this year, the traditional holiday season messages included one from the government urging more people to get vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. Ahead of the festivities, the week …
Ouestafnews (in collaboration with Daily Guide – Ghana) –Seventy-year-old Adjeley Ny3 sits on a wooden bench in the far-left corner of a compound house in Mamprobi, an indigenous Ga community located about 2.3 kilometres from the central business district of Accra. Wearing a cloth wrap strapped around her chest, she chews on her sponge as …
Ghana Still Pushing to turn the COVID-19 Hesitancy Tide Read More »
Oestafnews (in collaboration with Daily Guide – Ghana) – The closure of borders, social distancing, wearing of nose masks and lockdowns characterised the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic which started in late 2019, spreading to other parts of the world within a matter of weeks. The pandemic brought devastating impact to human and social …
From COVID-19 Crisis to Opportunity: Ghana’s New Vaccine Institute Nears Completion Read More »
Sierra Leone recorded its first positive COVID19 case in March 2020. A year later the country received its first batch of 96,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Government Sierra Leone, CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. Finally having access to the vaccines was great, but their …
Sierra Leone’s race against COVID-19 Vaccine Shelf Life Read More »
In any major public health emergency, Healthcare Workers (HCWs) are on the frontlines, interacting directly with the public and serving as trusted sources of information. Sierra Leone is a country that has recent experience with major public health challenges. It was an epicentre of the Ebola epidemic in 2014-2016. However, when faced with the COVID-19 …
