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Almost half of surveyed Ghanaian adults exhibited stigma and discriminatory tendencies towards COVID-19 survivors - indicating a need for public education

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Almost half of surveyed Ghanaian adults exhibited stigma and discriminatory tendencies towards COVID-19 survivors - indicating a need for public education

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000307

Article Title: Stigma and discrimination tendencies towards COVID-19 survivors: Evidence from a nationwide population-based survey in Ghana

Author Countries: Ghana, Korea

Funding: The study was partly funded by the Yamfo College of Health and Well-being, Sunyani, Ghana. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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