The Role of Data Streams in Informing Infection Dynamics in Africa (INFORM Africa) is aimed at establishing data streams from public and private sectors to understand the multi-layer interactions that may explain the dynamics and impact of COVID19 pandemic. This is to be achievement through three proposed research projects and two proposed cores, supplemented by the pilot projects.
INFORM Africa
The Role of Data Streams in Informing Infection Dynamics in Africa (INFORM Africa) is aimed at establishing data streams from public and private sectors to understand the multi-layer interactions that may explain the dynamics and impact of COVID19 pandemic. This is to be achievement through three proposed research projects and two proposed cores, supplemented by the pilot projects.
Project objectives include:
- Development of geospatial tools for use by country leadership and governments in pandemic surveillance and response to improve preparedness.
- Expansion of data science research opportunities and capacity through the engagement with the broader Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I-Africa) and through several proposed pilot projects in data science.
- Maintenance of sustained engagement with the policy makers and governments to promote further open access to high quality data, redistribution and uptake of any product/tool developed by the INFORM Africa.
Study countries are, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia and the duration of study is from 2022 to 2026.