This project focuses on pandemic response and preparedness for future outbreaks.

It collects community-based primary data on relevant symptoms of COVID-19, and surveys on public knowledge and behavior regarding respiratory infectious diseases, hand hygiene, and social distancing in Ghana.

Results will be disseminated in real time to policy makers in Ghana and Togo to support rapid national decision-making.

The methods and aggregated results will be freely available for review by other countries.

Ethical approval will be sought from the University of Southampton and the Ghana Health Service.

Mission Name

Urgent COVID-19 quantitative and qualitative data collection in Ghana and Togo – supporting pandemic planning and response

Country

Togo

Duration of the assignment (months)

2 months

Name of the Contracting Authority

 PACKS Africa (Ghana)

Ghana Health Service (GHS)

Opine World (Ghana based mobile phone data collection platform)

Head of School of Public Health, University of Lomé, Togo

Total number of staff/months involved in the Mission

3

Address

University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK

Start date

January 2021

Name of the professional staff of your company employed and functions performed

Hervé Akinocho, Chercheur Statisticien. Mme Tchitou Ibitola Epse Kokou-Songo, Chercheur Sociologue

Description of the services actually rendered by your staff in the framework of the mission

- Development of collection tools

- Collect data from decision makers in Togo 

- Control the quality of the data

- Produce scientific articles