Blog - On Monday, 18 July 2022, Ghana declared the first-ever outbreak of the highly infectious Marburg virus in its southern Ashanti region. Efforts are currently underway to investigate and trace contacts as well as to respond to and prevent further spread. Following so closely on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is certain that the Ghanaian authorities should draw on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic as they respond to the new health emergency.
On Monday, 18 July 2022, Ghana declared the first-ever outbreak of the highly infectious Marburg virus in its southern Ashanti region. Efforts are currently underway to investigate and trace contacts as well as to respond to and prevent further spread. Following so closely on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is certain that the Ghanaian authorities should draw on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic as they respond to the new health emergency.
Speakers and panelists who spanned the private, public, non-profit and multilateral sectors leaned on their experiences responding to the COVID-19 pandemic to reiterate strategies for improving health security through decentralisation. Most of the experts agreed that this begins with achieving universal health care by strengthening primary healthcare. With strong primary health care, surveillance is strengthened and quality data gathering, and use is also improved because people interface more with the health system.
Leveraging on private sector capacity to strengthen health security structures at sub-national levels
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