Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe

Descriptive Characterization of Epidemic Meningococcal Serogroup W in the Upper West Region of Ghana

Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Badu Sarkodie, Gideon Kwarteng Acheampong, Winifred Ofosu, Kwame Acheampong, Isaac Baffoe-Nyarko & Ansoumane Berete · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2017

Aims: In recent time, Nm W outbreaks have been on the increase in the African meningitis ‘belt’. One of such outbreaks occurred in the Upper West Region of Ghana from December, 2015 to April 2016. The epidemiological features of the outbreak are descriptively characterized and an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2017/32324

Associated Signs and Symptoms of Confirmed Influenza Infections in Ghana

Michael Adjabeng, Evelyn Korkor Ansah, Michael Ntiri, Badu Sarkodie, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Emmanuel Dzotsi, Sally-Ann Ohene, Joseph Humphrey Kofi Bonney & William Ampofo · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2018

Aims: Acute respiratory tract infections are among the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide and rank second among the top causes of health facility attendance in Ghana. A well-positioned case detection system can efficiently identify respiratory illnesses and d...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2017/38865