First wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa’s island nations: A descriptive study of the variation in the disease burden
Exploration of the course of the COVID-19 pandemic across six African island nations.
COVID-19 Mortality in Women and Men in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross Sectional Study
Computing the SSA-specific and country-specific case fatality rates (CFRs) and sex-specific CFR differences across various age groups, using a Bayesian approach.
Information management practices in the WHO African Region to support response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Challenges and innovative approaches in information management during the COVID-19 pandemic.
An in-depth statistical analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic’s initial spread in the WHO African region
Exploration of the drivers of variation in COVID-19 spread and severity among WHO African region countries.
Leveraging human resources for outbreak analysis: Lessons from an international collaboration to support the sub-Saharan African COVID-19 response
Lessons learned from a joint project with the WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO) to support the sub-Saharan African COVID-19 response.
COVID-19 vaccines and post-vaccination data
Publications summarizing new literature on COVID-19 vaccines to inform the vaccine policy of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health.
Measuring Timeliness of Outbreak Response in the World Health Organization African Region, 2017–2019
Trends in timeliness of detecting and responding to outbreaks in the African Region reported to the World Health Organization during 2017–2019
The toll of COVID-19 on African children
Examining the age and sex distribution of morbidity and mortality in children with COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan African countries.
COVID-19 Epidemiological Reports
In-depth COVID-19 Epidemiological reports for African countries