Business continuity and disaster recovery in Ghana–a literature review

Barnett-Quaicoo, Patricia; Ahmadu, A.S.

doi:10.1108/crr-03-2021-0006

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“…District health management teams (DHMTs) in Ghana educated districts, particularly rural populations, on sanitation and hygiene in coordination with district assemblies [2]. The cholera preventive strategies, however, did not have much of an impact despite the fact that these response measures were successful for a variety of reasons, including a change in government [29]. Moreover, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), there were no cholera cases in Ghana in 2020 in spite of the advent of COVID-19 [20].…”

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Outbreak of Cholera in Ghana: A Systematic Review from 2010 to 2020

Apenteng,

Korsah,

Tagoe

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Background: Cholera affects several hundred thousand individuals worldwide each year. According to estimates, more than 20 million individuals in Ghana are at danger of contracting the illness. However, research from Asia and other continents continues to be a major source of information for understanding cholera epidemiology in Africa, particularly in its coastal nations. The purpose of the study was to evaluate Ghana's cholera epidemics each year. Methods: A thorough analysis of articles that have been published on cholera outbreaks worldwide and in Ghana. A thorough search was done in the databases of Science Direct, PubMed, and Google Scholar to retrieve and to review research works published on cholera. Results: Findings suggest cholera has been a significant public health issue for Ghana every year since the first case was reported in 1970. Greater Accra is the area with the most cholera cases each year, with Accra being the district with the most cases. Greater Accra alone reported 58.5% of all cholera cases in Ghana from 1998 to 2017. However, the least affected regions in Ghana are the Upper West, Northern, Upper East, and Volta region. The cause of these cholera outbreaks is subpar sanitation and contaminated water. Annual cholera outbreaks occur in Ghana, where more attention is needed. Multiple deaths have been caused by these epidemics. Conclusion: Improved sanitation and provision of adequate clean drinking water can help curb the incidence of cholera and its devastating effects on individuals and the country as a whole.

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Outbreak of Cholera in Ghana: A Systematic Review from 2010 to 2020

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Korsah,

Tagoe

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“…The extensive range of methodological approaches represented in this special issue is a testament to the disparate thinking that is now applied to challenges in disaster resilience. It has been an eye-opening experience, but more importantly, it has been a learning experience for all of us as a team. Business continuity and disaster recovery in Ghana – a literature review ( Barnett-Quaicoo and Ahmadu, 2021 ): The main purpose of this paper is to explore some of the disasters which have been suffered by businesses in Ghana as well as the causes, effects and lessons learnt. The study also looks at business continuity and disaster recovery measures that could have been implemented in the examples provided.…”

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“…Business continuity and disaster recovery in Ghana – a literature review ( Barnett-Quaicoo and Ahmadu, 2021 ): The main purpose of this paper is to explore some of the disasters which have been suffered by businesses in Ghana as well as the causes, effects and lessons learnt. The study also looks at business continuity and disaster recovery measures that could have been implemented in the examples provided.…”

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Upadhyay

Sutrisno

Sa-ngiamvibool

2021

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Fostering community capacity to enhance disaster resilience We are glad to present this special issue of Continuity and Resilience Review on "Fostering Community Capacity to Enhance Disaster Resilience". The area of fostering community capacity has become increasingly important recently due to the increase in the number of disasters. Disasters emerge everywhere, and worldwide evidence of disasters has shown devastative effects not only on the people but also on the whole community and its ecological systems. The world is increasingly becoming more vulnerable to natural disasters which have caused widespread environmental hazards to the well-being of the whole community area and its ecosystems. Our communities, therefore, need to be more resilient to natural disasters, and resilience is the stability of ecosystems in our communities. Our prime aim with this special issue has been to provide a platform to showcase novel and interdisciplinary research that highlights fundamentally new ways of thinking about the new opportunities that have been created in the area of disaster resilience. We believe that this special issue, with its collection of a very diverse range of papers, accomplishes our goal and provides a launchpad for additional exciting research that will surely come.

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“…BCM also has proven to improve crisis leadership and crisis performance in Abu Dhabi government (Alharthi & Khalifa, 2019). BCM also helps some companies in Ghana in recovering from their crises both from natural or man-made disaster (Barnett-Quaicoo & Ahmadu, 2021).…”

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The Role of Social Media and Crisis Awareness on the Business Continuity Management and Sustainability

Kurniawan

Tambunan

2023

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With the impact of pandemic still lingering in people’s minds because it greatly affects every area in the society, crisis awareness become very important for academics and business practitioners during crisis. Crisis awareness relates to social media because social media gives people more access to information and contains a lot of negative news that are proven to be more engage and motivating people to act in times of crisis (before, during, and after). Some form of action during crisis is implementing strategic movement or system that helps companies in times of crisis. One of strategic movement during crisis is Business Continuity Management (BCM). This study tries to examine the impact of social media and crisis awareness on implementation of BCM. Not only that, this study also examines BCM impact on companies’ sustainable performance since sustainability is the main purpose of companies to achieve. This study constructs questionnaires that are distributed online to 101 respondents. By using quantitative approach, this study tests four hypotheses relating to variables (The Frequency of Social Media Usage, Crisis Awareness Level, The Implementation of BCM, and Sustainable Performance).This study shows that Social Media Usage impacts Crisis Awareness level of employees significantly and positively, Crisis Awareness impact the BCM Implementation significantly that also significantly impact Sustainable Performance. However, this study shows that Social Media does not give significant impact on BCM implementation. The discussion and limitation as well as suggestions for future studies are also presented in this study.

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Business continuity and disaster recovery in Ghana–a literature review

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Outbreak of Cholera in Ghana: A Systematic Review from 2010 to 2020

Outbreak of Cholera in Ghana: A Systematic Review from 2010 to 2020

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