The burden, admission, and outcome of COVID-19 in Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Background: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the outbreak of coronavirus disease in 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared as pandemic and public health emergency that infected more than 5 million people worldwide at the time of writing this protocol. Strong evidence for the burden, admission, and outcome of COVID-19 has not been published in Africa. Therefore, this protocol will be served as a guideline to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the burden, admission, and outcome of COVID-19 in Africa. Methods: Published and unpublished studies on the burden, admission, and outcome of COVID-19 in Africa and written in any language will be included. Databases (PubMed / MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Google, EMBASE, Web of Science, Microsoft Academic, WHO COVID-

SUBMITTER: Tadesse DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7473325 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature