A Comparative Study of HIV/AIDS And Covid 19 Communication Strategies in Ghana

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic just as HIV/AIDS has severely affected lives all over the world and has highlighted the need for a space in which discussions on how strategic communication can play a key role in the health discourse. As at Friday, 19th of June 2020, the world had recorded a total coronavirus cases of 8,608,533 with a total of 456,949 deaths, 4,559,057 recovered; 3,592,527 currently Infected and 3,537,863 { recording a total of 98% out of the currently infected patients in mild condition}( Worldmeters ,2020) Although the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January, and a pandemic on 11 March, 2020 (WHO, 2020) the first two cases in Ghana were confirmed on 12 March 2020 (MoH, 2020).