Leveraging Polio Geographic Information System Platforms in the African Region for Mitigating COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Surveillance Challenges: Viewpoint

• Main Authors: Godwin Ubong Akpan (Author), Isah Mohammed Bello (Author), Kebba Touray (Author), Reuben Ngofa (Author), Daniel Rasheed Oyaole (Author), Sylvester Maleghemi (Author), Marie Babona (Author), Chanda Chikwanda (Author), Alain Poy (Author), Franck Mboussou (Author), Opeayo Ogundiran (Author), Benido Impouma (Author), Richard Mihigo (Author), Nda Konan Michel Yao (Author), Johnson Muluh Ticha (Author), Jude Tuma (Author), Hani Farouk A Mohamed (Author), Kehinde Kanmodi (Author), Nonso Ephraim Ejiofor (Author), John Kapoi Kipterer (Author), Casimir Manengu (Author), Francis Kasolo (Author), Vincent Seaman (Author), Pascal Mkanda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundThe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Africa is an urgent public health crisis. Estimated models projected over 150,000 deaths and 4,600,000 hospitalizations in the first year of the disease in the absence of adequate interventions. Therefore, electronic contact tracing and surveillance have cr...