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

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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.

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Mary J. MacKenzie

bDepartment of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.

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Adeladza Kofi Amegah

cPublic Health Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

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Alex Ezeh

dDornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

eSchool of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Muktar A. Gadanya

fBayero University, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.

gAminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.

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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.

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Ahmed M. Sarki

kSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Kampala, Uganda.

lFamily and Youth Health Initiative (FAYOHI), Jigawa State, Nigeria.

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Paul Thistle

mKaranda Hospital, Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe.

nThe University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.

oUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

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Abdhalah K. Ziraba

pAfrican Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.

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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.

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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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For correspondence: michael.silverman@sjhc.london.on.ca

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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

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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

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