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Sub-national Covid-19 data for African countries in R

Here we demonstrate how R can be used to make sub-national Covid-19 data for selected African countries more usable.

02/08/2021

Nigeria facing Covid-19 : how state decentralization helped in fighting the pandemic.

This article depicts the situation of Nigeria from March 2020 and highlights the "decentralized" type of management that the government chose to fight the pandemic.

21/03/2021

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Dealing with Covid-19 in humanitarian action : What can we learn from the latest UN Data Forum ?

The Covid-19 pandemic has raised multiple questions about the role of data in the global crisis response. The UN Data Forum took place in mid October to discuss those challenges and how data can help achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

25/11/2020