Scientific article

English

COVID-19 in the WHO African Region: using risk assessment to inform decisions on public health and social measures

ContributorsImpouma, Benido

; Mboussou, Franck; Wolfe, Caitlin M; Farham, Bridget

; Williams, George Sie

; Ogundiran, Opeayo; Ngom, Roland; Nzingou, Milse; Flahault, Antoine; Codeço, Cláudia Torres; Talisuna, Ambrose; Yoti, Zabulon; Keiser, Olivia

Published inEpidemiology and infection, p. 1-22

First online date2021-05-10

Abstract

Successive waves of COVID-19 transmission have led to exponential increases in new infections globally. In this study we have applied a decision-making tool to assess the risk of continuing transmission to inform decisions on tailored public health and social measures (PHSM) using data on cases and deaths reported by Member States to the WHO Regional Office for Africa as of 31 December 2020. Transmission classification and health system capacity were used to assess the risk level of each country to guide implementation and adjustments to PHSM.

Keywords

COVID-19
Risk of spread
WHO African region

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de santé globale

Research groups

Citation (ISO format)

IMPOUMA, Benido et al. COVID-19 in the WHO African Region: using risk assessment to inform decisions on public health and social measures. In: Epidemiology and infection, 2021, p. 1–22. doi: 10.1017/S0950268821001126

Article (Accepted version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:155231
DOI : 10.1017/S0950268821001126
PMID : 33966683

Journal ISSN0950-2688

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