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Healthcare costs and performance in sub-Saharan Africa

The Access, Bottlenecks, Costs and Equity (ABCE) research project is a multi-country study of the drivers of health system performance and costs of care in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Data on health financing in sub-Saharan Africa

African Health Observatory and the World Health Organisation research on the current state of health financing in the WHO African region. The paper responds to current challenges in measuring, observing and analysing data on health financing.
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Systematic review of child mental health in Africa

A review article of the prevalence of child mental health problems in Sub-Saharan Africa using data sources from MEDLINE, EMBASE and PsychInfo.
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Report on African mental health systems

A research report by the Harvard University Effective Altruism Student Group on mental health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. It relies on data from the Global Burden of Disease Study.
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Consolidated data providing mortality ratios

A consolidated databank of statistics from the World Health Organisation, UNICEF, the World Bank and others that provides a modelled estimate of maternal mortality ratios from 1990 to 2015.
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Covid-19

World Health Organisation (WHO): Advice about leprosy and COVID-19

 

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WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Q&A

 

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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

 

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Covid-19

Harvard Health Publishing – ”Which test is best for COVID-19?"

 

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