Community-based surveillance advances the Global Health Security Agenda in Ghana

• Sharifa Merali ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sharifa Merali, Alexey Clara, S. Arunmozhi Balajee

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ FAB, MA, IB, JAF, PMA and CW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Disease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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• Alexey Clara ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sharifa Merali, Alexey Clara, S. Arunmozhi Balajee

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Eagle Medical Services LLC, Contracting Agency to the Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Michael Adjabeng ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ FAB, MA, IB, JAF, PMA and CW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Disease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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• Isaac Baffoenyarko ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ FAB, MA, IB, JAF, PMA and CW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Disease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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• Joseph Asamoah Frimpong ,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ FAB, MA, IB, JAF, PMA and CW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Division of Global Health Protection/Ghana, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Patrick Mawupemor Avevor ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ FAB, MA, IB, JAF, PMA and CW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Ghana Country Office, Accra, Ghana

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• Chastity Walker ,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ FAB, MA, IB, JAF, PMA and CW also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Division of Global Health Protection/Ghana, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• S. Arunmozhi Balajee

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sharifa Merali, Alexey Clara, S. Arunmozhi Balajee

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fir3@cdc.gov

  Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3717-6443

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