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The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?
Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges and Michael Silverman
Global Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):433-443; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
Janica Adams
aDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Mary J. MacKenzie
bDepartment of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Adeladza Kofi Amegah
cPublic Health Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Alex Ezeh
dDornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
eSchool of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Muktar A. Gadanya
fBayero University, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
gAminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
Akinyinka Omigbodun
hUniversity of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
iCollege of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
jPan African University Life & Earth Sciences Institute (PAULESI), Ibadan, Nigeria.
Ahmed M. Sarki
kSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Kampala, Uganda.
lFamily and Youth Health Initiative (FAYOHI), Jigawa State, Nigeria.
Paul Thistle
mKaranda Hospital, Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe.
nThe University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
oUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Abdhalah K. Ziraba
pAfrican Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
Saverio Stranges
aDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
bDepartment of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
qDepartment of Family Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
rThe Africa Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
sDepartment of Population Health, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg.
Michael Silverman
aDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
bDepartment of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
rThe Africa Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
tDivision of Infectious Diseases, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
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The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?
Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges, Michael Silverman
Global Health: Science and Practice Sep 2021, 9 (3) 433-443; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?
Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges, Michael Silverman
Global Health: Science and Practice Sep 2021, 9 (3) 433-443; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
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