Place, People & Diseases: The Association Between Geography & Diseases in Ghana

Michael Dzordzormenyoh; Divine Mawuli Asafo; Theresa Domeh

doi:10.52214/thecujgh.v10i2.7111

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Published Apr 7, 2021

DOI https://doi.org/10.52214/thecujgh.v10i2.7111

Michael Dzordzormenyoh

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Black Studies Research University of California, Santa Barbara

Divine Mawuli Asafo

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Urban Studies & Planning University of Sheffield, UK

Theresa Domeh

Undergraduate Student, Department of Geography & Regional Planning University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Abstract

The nexus between geography and the health of humans is of interest to many scholars globally. However, this nexus is not fully examined in developing nations like Ghana as compared to developed nations. Therefore, this study examines this nexus in the Ledzokuku-Krowor municipality, a suburb of the Greater Accra region of Ghana using a means comparison approach. Malaria, diarrhea, and intestinal worm related disease are common in the municipality and strongly supported by previous studies. However, hypertension and rheumatism are two diseases that are on the rise in the municipality which are not on the list of the diseases common in Ghana.

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Geography, Disease, Healthcare & Ghana

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2020): Fall 2020

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Original Research

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Dzordzormenyoh, M., Asafo, D. M., & Domeh, T. (2021). Place, People & Diseases: The Association Between Geography & Diseases in Ghana. The Columbia University Journal of Global Health, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.52214/thecujgh.v10i2.7111

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The Columbia University Journal of Global Health is Columbia's premier undergraduate-run health organization that bi-anually publishes original research, review papers, perspectives, and field notes on any topic relevant to global health, especially given the multidisciplinary nature of research addressing global health, that contributes a novel finding or unique perspective to the field. Although The Columbia University Journal of Global Health welcomes submissions from all, our primary aim is to provide a voice to student researchers, an often underrepresented group in global health discourse, and thereby requires that at least one of the authors be a student at the undergraduate or graduate levels. Ultimately, The Columbia University Journal of Global Health seeks to relay innovative solutions to interdisciplinary global health issues from a variety of academic, cultural, and geographic perspectives. The Columbia University Journal of Global Health will adhere to rigorous standards of peer-review and consider all manuscripts on the basis of ethical and methodological integrity and potential to contribute to the extant body of knowledge.

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