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The Dilemma of Vulnerable Groups During Lockdown: Implications for Social Work Education and Practice in Ghana

The Covid-19 pandemic has created socio-economic challenges for countries globally and has touched lives in some of the world’s most remote areas. While other countries have been proactive in addressing these challenges, I fear that Ghana, and to an extent most of sub-Saharan Africa, have failed to...

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Published in:Thinker (Craighall Park, South Africa : Online) South Africa : Online), 2021-06, Vol.87, p.43-47
Main Author: John Boulard Forkuor, Charles Selorm Deku, and Eric Agyemang
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