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medRxiv This working paper aims to determine compliance with COVID-19 infection prevention and control practices among healthcare workers in De Martino Public Hospital, Somalia. Working Paper
Read MoreGates Open Research This working paper describes the design and methods of a serosurvey conducted in Somalia in 2021 to estimate the seroprevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens. Working Paper
Read MoreBMC Public Health This article estimates the transmission potential of COVID-19 across 45 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (including Djibouti, Mauritania, Sudan, and Somalia) based on (i) an exponential growth model (ii) maximum likelihood (ML) estimation and (iii) a time-varying basic reproduction number at the early onset of the pandemic. Journal Article
Read MoreArchives of Public Health This article aims to explore how immigrants from Somalia, Syria, and other countries understood and related to the term “dugnad” as used in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. Journal Article
Read MoreNature Scientific Reports This article aims to increase knowledge about vaccine demand and its drivers in South Central Somalia, a region that ranks among both the most conflict-prone and least vaccinated in the world. Journal Article
Read MoreAdvances in Hematology This article aims to assess hematological changes in COVID-19-infected patients at some selected hospitals in Mogadishu, Somalia. Journal Article
Read MoreRoyal Society Open Science This article reconstructs the initial transmission of COVID-19 in 54 African countries (including Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, and Tunisia) using a deterministic mathematical model accounting for under-reporting and various levels of severity of infections. Journal Article
Read MoreCentral African Journal of Public Health This article aims to determine healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 in Bosaso, Somalia. Journal Article
Read MoreFrontiers in Public Health This article examines the contribution of community health workers as frontline responders for the community-based surveillance in Somalia during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic for detection of COVID-19 cases and identification of contacts. Journal Article
Read MoreThe African Journal of Infectious Diseases This article aims to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine childhood immunization coverage in Somalia. Journal Article
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