Coordination mechanisms for COVID-19 in the WHO Regional office for Africa

N Ngoy, B Oyugi, PO Ouma, IN Conteh… - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Aim This study describes the coordination mechanisms that have been used for
management of the COVID 19 pandemic in the WHO AFRO region; relate the patterns of the …

Use of digital technologies in public health: a narrative review.

P Castiglia, M Dettori, A Arghittu, GG Campus… - Acta …, 2023 - boris.unibe.ch
BACKGROUND AND AIM Websites, social media networks and mobile applications
constitute important communication tools, while simultaneously enabling the population to …

 A global analysis of the effectiveness of policy responses to COVID-19

K Agyapon-Ntra, PE McSharry - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Governments implemented many non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to suppress the
spread of COVID-19 with varying results. In this paper, country-level daily time series from …

Perceived effects of COVID-19 restrictions on smallholder farmers: Evidence from seven lower-and middle-income countries

J Hammond, K Siegal, D Milner, E Elimu, T Vail… - Agricultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented global disruption and continues
to wreak havoc. Dire predictions were made about the risks to smallholder farmers in lower …

Using drones to transport suspected COVID-19 samples; experiences from the second largest testing centre in Ghana, West Africa

AA Sylverken, M Owusu, B Agbavor, A Kwarteng… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11 2020, by the World
Health Organisation prompted the need for a sustained and a rapid international response …

The Missing Millions: Uncovering the Burden of Covid‐19 Cases and Deaths in the African Region

T McKay, RS Robinson, S Musungu… - Population and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Early in 2020, experts warned of the devastating toll that COVID‐19 would have on African
countries. By the close of 2021, however, Africa remained one of the least affected regions in …

Leveraging artificial intelligence and data science techniques in harmonizing, sharing, accessing and analyzing SARS-COV-2/COVID-19 data in Rwanda (LAISDAR …

A Nishimwe, C Ruranga, C Musanabaganwa… - BMC Medical Informatics …, 2022 - Springer
Background Since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda, a vast amount of SARS-
COV-2/COVID-19-related data have been collected including COVID-19 testing and hospital …

SMS-based digital health intervention in Rwanda's home-based care program for remote management of COVID-19 cases and contacts: a qualitative study of …

A Babili, S Nsanzimana, E Rwagasore… - Frontiers in Digital …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background COVID-19 pandemic resulted in unprecedented global health challenges.
Rwanda identified its first COVID-19 case on March 14, 2020 and subsequently introduced …

The secondary transmission pattern of COVID-19 based on contact tracing in Rwanda

M Semakula, FÇ Niragire, A Umutoni… - BMJ Global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction COVID-19 has shown an exceptionally high spread rate across and within
countries worldwide. Understanding the dynamics of such an infectious disease …