The impact of COVID-19 on implementation of mass testing, treatment and tracking of malaria in rural communities in Ghana: A qualitative study

• Ndong Ignatius Cheng ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Ncheng@noguchi.ug.edu.gh, ndongicheng@yahoo.com (NIC); cahorlu@noguchi.ug.edu.gh (CSA)

  Affiliations Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry, Catholic University of Cameroon, Bamenda, Cameroon, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1073-3956

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• Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

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• Palmer Masumbe Netongo,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Navajo Technical University Crownpoint, Crownpoint, New Mexico, United States of America, Molecular Diagnostics Research Group, Biotechnology Center, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

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• Benedicta Ayiedu Mensah,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Chuo Ennestine Chu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Effah-Baafi Yaw,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0770-0232

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• Juliana Yartey Enos,

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

  Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Keziah Malm,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ghana National Malaria Control Programme, Accra, Ghana

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• Collins Stephen Ahorlu

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

  * E-mail: Ncheng@noguchi.ug.edu.gh, ndongicheng@yahoo.com (NIC); cahorlu@noguchi.ug.edu.gh (CSA)

  Affiliation Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry, Catholic University of Cameroon, Bamenda, Cameroon

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