Publications by authors named "Justice Kwadwo Turzin"
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is affected by the high direct and indirect costs of snakebite envenomation. With >30% of global mortality, different economic barriers still exist, and effective strategies must be employed to avert the burden and promote quality of life. With the WHO target of reducing the number of snakebites by one-half by 2030, different aspects concerning snakebite envenomation economics must be evaluated, and potential strategies must be developed.
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- The study used the Health Belief Model to explore factors influencing the acceptance of COVID-19 booster doses in Ghana, identifying key predictors from HBM domains like perceived susceptibility and barriers.
- Over 800 Ghanaians participated in an online survey, revealing that 58.3% were willing to accept the booster dose, while personal reasons and fear of side effects were the main reasons for non-acceptance.
- The results indicated that perceived benefits and concerns about serious risk factors were significant predictors of whether individuals decided to get the booster shot.
Curtailing COVID-19 outbreaks has been the major focus for many countries following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nigeria expanded its effort with the commencement of its vaccination program against COVID-19 in March 2021 after several less effective interventions as vaccine introduction was implemented. Following the introduction of the vaccines, Nigeria is expected to meet the worldwide COVID-19 eradication target of vaccinating 40% and 70% of the population, respectively, by the end of 2021 and 2022.
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