The world marks World Health Day 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic takes a toll on populations all over the globe. The WHO guidelines highlight frequent hand washing and maintaining social distance as key strategies in the fight against the pandemic.
Today's infographic uses data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey 7 conducted in 2017 to examine the socio-demographic factors that can make fighting coronavirus challenging in this context.
For example, ability to wash hands frequently under running water will be difficult for households who do not have piped water.
Social distancing and self-isolating will be impossible for the many households where multiple people share rooms.
Compliance with lockdown directives will also be challenging for many households as a number of factors compel them to leave their homes - inability to use digital channels to work/carry out transactions, livelihoods that require members to go out earn money for daily expenditures, and the need to frequently go out for food and water.
For example, ability to wash hands frequently under running water will be difficult for households who do not have piped water.
Social distancing and self-isolating will be impossible for the many households where multiple people share rooms.
Compliance with lockdown directives will also be challenging for many households as a number of factors compel them to leave their homes - inability to use digital channels to work/carry out transactions, livelihoods that require members to go out earn money for daily expenditures, and the need to frequently go out for food and water.
