Africa's COVID-19 statistics highlight bias in excess death modelling

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Despite high levels of informality, Africa’s statistics on COVID-19 mortality have been paradoxically low in comparison to countries in the Global North. Examining studies that attribute low counts to poor statistical reporting, Kate Meagher argues that excess death estimates tell us more about the assumptions of the modellers than they do about the realities of COVID-19 in Africa.
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Copyright holders © 2023 The Author
Keywords Covid-19, coronavirus
Departments International Development
Date Deposited 15 Jun 2023 14:06
URI https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/119398

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