Interactions Among Cross-Border Contiguous Communities and Implications for Managing Pandemics – The case of Ghana and Burkina Faso During the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa: A Qualitative Study
By: Dennis Chirawurah, Niagia Santua and Stephen Apanga
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3807 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 5, 2022
Accepted on: May 11, 2022
Published on: May 30, 2022
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