Improving Evidence‐Based Surveillance System: Foodborne Disease Outbreak in Oyibi
An outbreak of foodborne illness was established at Oyibi Kpone Katamanso Municipality in the Greater Accra Region. The outbreak was a point source which started on January 20, 2023. It was established that people who ate stew, waakye, macaroni and plantain were more likely to fall ill, and the stew was a possible source of the outbreak.
Authors
- Esther Priscilla Biamah Danquah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0208-348X)
- Kwame Adu Okyere Boadu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2191-2494)
- Akua Addy
- Shadrack Darko
- Bright Osei
- Jeffrey Kojo Arhin
- Martha Nabila
Institutions
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Valley View University (GH)
- Ghana Health Service (GH)
- Sunyani Technical University (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Science Reports
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.70730
- Primary Topic
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00