Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of COVID-19 Among Healthcare and Non-Healthcare Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa:...

Bernadine N Ekpenyong¹, Uchechukwu L Osuagwu¹, Chundung Asabe Miner¹+11

• ¹Bernadine N. Ekpenyong, PhD, is Head, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. Uchechukwu L. Osuagwu, PhD, is a Research Fellow, Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Translational Research Unit, School of Medicine; and Kingsley Emwinyore Agho, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences; both at Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, Australia. Chundung A. Miner, FWACP, is an Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences; Piwuna Christopher Goson, MBBS, MSc, is a Reader and Head, Department of Psychiatry, College of Health Sciences; and Tanko Ishaya, PhD, is a Professor, Department of Computer Science; all at the University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Godwin O. Ovenseri-Ogbomo, PhD, is an Assistant Professor, Department of Optometry, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia, and Department of Optometry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. Emmanuel Kwasi Abu, PhD, is Dean, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Raymond Langsi, MBBS, is Head, Health Division, University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon. Obinna Nwaeze, MSc, DM, is a Practicing Physician, County Durham and Darlington, National Health Service Foundation, United Kingdom. Timothy G. Chikasirimobi, OD, is a Master's Student, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, Kenya. Deborah Donald Charwe, MSc, is Senior Research Nutritionist, Tanzania Food and Nutrition Center, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Khathutshelo Percy Mashige, PhD, is a Professor, Discipline of Optometry, African Vision Research Institute, Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. Richard Oloruntoba, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, School of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business and Law, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia. Bernadine Ekpenyong, Uchechukwu L. Osuagwu, Godwin O. Ovenseri-Ogbomo, and Kingsley Emwinyore Agho are also Affiliates, African Vision Research Institute, Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. *Co-first authors.