Objective To directly measure the fatal impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in an
urban African population. Design Prospective systematic postmortem surveillance study …

Summary Background Between March and December, 2020, more than 20 000 laboratory-
confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were reported in Zambia. However, the number of …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic and country measures to control it can lead to
negative indirect health effects. Understanding these indirect health effects is important in …

Policy decisions on COVID-19 interventions should be informed by a local, regional and
national understanding of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

Observed SARS-CoV-2 infections and deaths are low in tropical Africa raising questions
about the extent of transmission. We measured SARS-CoV-2 IgG by ELISA in 9,922 blood …

Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 is important for understanding both the evolution and
the patterns of local and global transmission. Here, we generated 311 SARS-CoV-2 …

Background Few studies have assessed the seroprevalence of antibodies against severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among healthcare workers …

COVID-19 has had considerable global impact; however, in sub-Saharan Africa, it is one of
several infectious disease priorities. Prioritization is normally guided by disease burden, but …

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, counting infected people has
underestimated asymptomatic cases. This literature scoping review assessed the …

This paper presents an analysis of the indirect health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in
Kenya. We employed a mixed-methods approach, combining the analysis of secondary …