COVID-19

During the COVID-19 outbreak, the Cambridge-Africa team is continuing to work from home. We have created this page to provide useful links, trusted resources and external events, relating to COVID-19 in Cambridge and Africa.

Cambridge-Africa projects/blogs connected to COVID-19

Development of Serological Assays to study antibody responses in Ghanaian COVID-19 Patients. This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 7 July 2020
Rapid response to crisis using digital fabrication in Ethiopia. This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 23 June 2020
Equity re-examined: Children with disabilities and their education during COVID-19 in Malawi. This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 19 June 2020
Conspiracies, COVID-19 and Social Media in Africa: Navigating public information campaigns in a digital age. This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 11 June 2020
COVID-19 Responses in Displaced Communities in Somalia. This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 10 June 2020
Sentiment and opinion analysis of public space physical activity in Lagos during lockdown: a data-driven approach to developing context-aware public health messaging to reduce disease vulnerability and improve COVID-19 control. This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 9 June 2020
Design and implementation of a medical oxygen concentrator for resource limited settings. This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 3 June 2020
COVID-19 and the psychological wellbeing of frontline workers in Ghana. This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 18 May 2020.
SARS-CoV-2 Immune correlates of protection in Nigeria (SIP-NG). This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 14 May 2020.
54 days in: remote up-grading(s), Cameroonian politics, College life and football! 14 May 2020.
Expansion of COVID-19 diagnostic capacity in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 11 May 2020.
Expansion of COVID-19 Diagnostic Capacity in Madagascar. This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 11 May 2020.
The effects of COVID-19 on education in Ethiopia: Informing short and medium-term policy responses. This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 1 May 2020
Scaling up COVID-19 testing through open science hardware and local manufacturing in Ethiopia. This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 30 April 2020
Rapid response to the COVID-19 crisis using digital fabrication in Malawi. This project is supported by a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Award. 27 April 2020
COVID-19 Diaries: A joint blog from Cambridge-Africa team while working from home. 22 April 2020
First ALBORADA COVID-19 Emergency Award made: Responding to COVID-19 in Somalia: interactive mass media, 1-to-1 messaging and rapid insights from citizen feedback 15 April 2020
Cambridge Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Awards launched 6th April 2020

Useful links related to Cambridge and COVID-19

Trusted external sources of information and evidence on COVID-19 in Africa

WHO AFRO COVID-19 Resources
Africa CDC COVID-19 Resources
African Academy of Sciences COVID-19 updates
The Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) working group for West and Central Africa have a new site https://coronawestafrica.info an online library of COVID-19 community engagement tools specific to West and Central Africa.
K4D COVID-19 Health Evidence Summaries
UNICEF COVID-19 pages

Events/Webinars

Upcoming

The African Academy of Sciences webinars. Full list of recorded COVID-19 related webinars.
Weekly webinars on COVID-19 from Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease. Broadcast every Thursday at 2pm BST
COVID-19 & Humanitarian Settings Webinars. Every Wednesday 1pm BST
Africa CDC Weekly Surveillance Webinars for COVID-19. To support epidemiologists, surveillance officers and COVID-19 outbreak response teams of Member States in their response to COVID-19. Every Wednesday 2-3pm BST, 4-5pm EAT
Africa CDC weekly surveillance webinar for Wednesday 29th July 2020, 2-3pm BST, 4-5pm EAT. Management of Outbreaks in Localized Settings: What Countries Need to Know
Chatham House Webinar: The Way Forward - Balancing Health Priorities in the Post-COVID-19 Era to Sustain Progress in Cancer Care. Thursday 30 July 2020, 1-2pm BST

Past recorded events

Africa CDC and FHI 360 are hosting a series of biweekly webinars with global experts to discuss critical aspects of the COVID-19 response, identify best practices and discuss adaptations to optimize responses in low- and middle-income settings. 4th June - 30th June 2020, 1pm BST, 3pm EAT
Scale up of IDSR for prompt and effective response to COVID-19 and other public health emergencies. WHO/AFRO webinar series on COVID-19 surveillance. 14 July 2020. 11pm-1pm GMT, 2-4pm EAT
2020 UCL-Lancet Lecture: Global Health Preparedness in the Face of Emerging Epidemics. 13 July 2020, 3-6pm BST
Free course - COVID-19: Tackling the Novel Coronavirus. Hosted by LSHTM. 25 May 2020
COVID-19: Magnifying Gender Inequalities. Colleagues from East Africa and Middle East share examples of programme adaption in humanitarian contexts. 20 May 2020
Leveraging the DHIS2 platform for COVID-19 surveillance data use. 20 May 2020
Leveraging SARI/ILI surveillance frame work for COVID-19 pandemic response and beyond: Sharing South Africa’s experience and lessons learnt Africa CDC, 6 May 2020
COVID-19 Case Management in Humanitarian and Low-income Settings: Dilemmas and Decisions. 6 May 2020
Risk Communication and Community Engagement: Perceptions, Misinformation, and Concerns in African Countries in the time of COVID-19. Johns Hopkins CCP. 29 April 2020
COVID-19 Webinar: Africa Responds Interview with Dr John Nkengasong Director of Africa CDC. 27 April 2020
Synergies against COVID-19: Sharing of Expertise and Experiences between Uganda and the UK (Webinar). 23 April 2020
Webinar: COVID-19 Early lessons from Africa (Africa CDC & FHI 360). 23 April 2020
Science, Policy and Pandemics Podcast. The Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge. The first series is produced in partnership with Cambridge Infectious Diseases and Cambridge Immunology Network and focuses on sharing the evidence and expertise policymakers need to know as they respond to COVID-19. 9th April 2020
COVID-19 in Africa: Research and Development Opportunities. The African Academy of Sciences. 27 March 2020

Funding Opportunities

Cambridge Africa ALBORADA Research Fund COVID-19 Emergency Awards
UKCDR UK international development funding in relation to COVID-19
THET Call for Applications which aims to support established Health Partnerships to protect the physical and mental health of LMIC health workers who are engaged or preparing to be engages in the frontline treatment of COVID-19
African Academy of Sciences Funding for Covid-19 Research & Development Goals for Africa
UKRI GCRF/Newton Fund Agile Response call to address COVID-19

Blogs from external sources

Cambridge Global Health Partnerships COVID-19 Blog Series
Regular blogs on COVID-19 in Kenya from Dr Tabitha Mwangi

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