An Assessment of Systemic Factors and COVID-19 Mortality in Africa
Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the association between several country-level systemic indices and the deaths from COVID-19 across African countries.Method: Regression analyses were conducted to test the association between selected indices and deaths from COVID-19 across Afri...
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| author | Ayomide Owoyemi Tolulope Balogun Joy Okoro Tariro Ndoro Oluwakayode Fasominu Adejare Atanda Ibraheem Abioye |
| author_facet | Ayomide Owoyemi Tolulope Balogun Joy Okoro Tariro Ndoro Oluwakayode Fasominu Adejare Atanda Ibraheem Abioye |
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| description | Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the association between several country-level systemic indices and the deaths from COVID-19 across African countries.Method: Regression analyses were conducted to test the association between selected indices and deaths from COVID-19 across African countries. All tests were run at the α = 0.05 level of significance.Result: We found a statistically significant correlation between total COVID-19 deaths per million and Stringency Index (p-value <0.001) and Human Development Index (p-value <0.001). Multiple regression analysis showed that Stringency Index was the only variable that remained significant when other factors are controlled for in the model.Conclusion: Countries in Africa with poorer governance, inadequate pandemic preparedness and lower levels of development have unexpectedly fared better with respect to COVID-19 deaths mainly because of having a younger population than the countries with better indices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89943b1c520a47a9ae07f771c7e511dc2022-12-22T03:19:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.International Journal of Public Health1661-85642022-09-016710.3389/ijph.2022.16049151604915An Assessment of Systemic Factors and COVID-19 Mortality in AfricaAyomide Owoyemi0Tolulope Balogun1Joy Okoro2Tariro Ndoro3Oluwakayode Fasominu4Adejare Atanda5Ibraheem Abioye6Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United StatesRoyal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, United KingdomQuillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, United StatesDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaUNICEF United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, New York, NY, United StatesEnding Pandemics, San Francisco, CA, United StatesDepartment of Global Health and Population, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United StatesObjectives: The objective of this study was to examine the association between several country-level systemic indices and the deaths from COVID-19 across African countries.Method: Regression analyses were conducted to test the association between selected indices and deaths from COVID-19 across African countries. All tests were run at the α = 0.05 level of significance.Result: We found a statistically significant correlation between total COVID-19 deaths per million and Stringency Index (p-value <0.001) and Human Development Index (p-value <0.001). Multiple regression analysis showed that Stringency Index was the only variable that remained significant when other factors are controlled for in the model.Conclusion: Countries in Africa with poorer governance, inadequate pandemic preparedness and lower levels of development have unexpectedly fared better with respect to COVID-19 deaths mainly because of having a younger population than the countries with better indices.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604915/fullmortalityCOVIDlockdowngovernanceAfricastringency index |
| spellingShingle | Ayomide Owoyemi Tolulope Balogun Joy Okoro Tariro Ndoro Oluwakayode Fasominu Adejare Atanda Ibraheem Abioye An Assessment of Systemic Factors and COVID-19 Mortality in Africa International Journal of Public Health mortality COVID lockdown governance Africa stringency index |
| title | An Assessment of Systemic Factors and COVID-19 Mortality in Africa |
| title_full | An Assessment of Systemic Factors and COVID-19 Mortality in Africa |
| title_fullStr | An Assessment of Systemic Factors and COVID-19 Mortality in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Assessment of Systemic Factors and COVID-19 Mortality in Africa |
| title_short | An Assessment of Systemic Factors and COVID-19 Mortality in Africa |
| title_sort | assessment of systemic factors and covid 19 mortality in africa |
| topic | mortality COVID lockdown governance Africa stringency index |
| url | https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604915/full |
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