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Laboratory capacity in COVID-19 diagnosis and the need to enhance molecular testing in Ghana

Published:2021-01-01 Issue:1 Volume:6 Page:10-17
ISSN:2377-9497
Container-title:Global Security: Health, Science and Policy
language:en
Short-container-title:Global Security: Health, Science and Policy

Author:

Acheampong Godfred¹,Owusu Michael¹²,Nkrumah Bernard³,Obeng-Boadi Priscilla¹,Opare David A.⁴,Sambian David J.¹,Angra Pawan³,Walker Chastity³

Affiliation:

1. Centre for Health Systems Strengthening, Kumasi, Ghana

2. Department of Medical Diagnostics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

3. Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Accra, Ghana

4. National Public Health and Reference Laboratory, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/23779497.2021.1908157

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