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COVID-19 in Uganda: Predicting the impact of the disease and public health response on disease burden

2020-05-20 public and global health Title + abstract only
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ObjectiveCOVID-19 transmission and the public health lock-down response are now established in sub-Saharan Africa, including Uganda. Population structure and prior morbidities differ markedly between these countries from those where outbreaks were previously established. We predicted the relative impact of COVID-19 and the response in Uganda to understand whether the benefits could be outweighed by the costs. Design and settingAge-based COVID-19 mortality data from China were applied to the po...

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