COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: APHRC Weekly Situation Report -#02 Posted on 22/04/2020 (05/02/2021) by Moreen Nkonge PUBLICATIONS RESOURCES // PUBLICATIONS General COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: APHRC Weekly Situation Report -#02 Health and Wellbeing April 2020 The global community is racing to slow down and halt the spread of SARS-CoV-2. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed tens of thousands of lives in a very short period of time, since it was first announced on December 31, 2019. In Africa, the virus has spread to dozens of countries within weeks. Several African governments have put in place measures for early detection, contact tracing, and quarantining of potential contacts. Currently, forty-seven countries in the WHO African region can now test for COVID-19. The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is committed to generating an Africa-led and Africa-owned body of evidence to inform decision making for an effective and sustainable response to the most critical challenges facing the continent. The objective of this weekly situation report is to highlight the weekly trends of new confirmed cases, cumulative cases, and active cases for all sub-Saharan African countries. This bulletin is a summary for informational purposes. Complete summaries and trends can be assessed from the in-house dashboard (https://siddi.shinyapps.io/covid19dashboardsa/). Download CONTRIBUTORS Head of Health and Systems for Health Abdhalah Ziraba Ziraba is an Epidemiologist and a Medical Doctor. His research… View Profile Head of Data, Measurement and Evaluation Damazo T. Kadengye Damazo T. Kadengye received a Bachelor of Statistics from Makerere… View Profile SIMILAR PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles Women’s autonomy and reproductive health-care-seeking behavior in Ethiopia Journal Articles Women’s attitudes and beliefs towards specific contraceptive methods in Bangladesh and Kenya Briefing Papers Why do some men and women never test for HIV? Insights from Demographic and Health Surveys in Zambia and Lesotho General Who are the missing men? Characterizing men who have never tested for HIV from population-based surveys in six sub-Saharan African countries Technical Reports Voices for action: A report of community engagement on vulnerability and solutions to food and nutrition insecurity maasai community, Kajiado, Kenya* General Voices for action Journal Articles Vitamin a supplementation and stunting levels among two year olds in kenya: evidence from the 2008-09 kenya demographic and health survey* Journal Articles Use of anchoring vignettes to evaluate health reporting behavior amongst adults aged 50 years and above in africa and asia testing assumptions* Policy brief Unsafe abortion as a risk factor for maternal mortality in Liberia