Franck Mboussou

Biographic Data

ID7762591
NAMEFranck Mboussou
GIVEN NAMESFranck
FAMILY NAMEMboussou
SIGNATUREMBOUSSOU F
AFFILIATIONSWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
ORCID0000-0002-9062-5084
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Evaluation of the first malaria vaccine introduction

    Open AccessTchokfe Shalom Ndoula Josue Kedakse, Mohamed Kaba et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    BACKGROUND: Cameroon is the first country to introduce malaria vaccine (MV) into routine immunisation, following the pilot programme. The vaccine was introduced in 42 health districts across all 10 regions, with plans to scale up in additional districts in future. A mini-postintroduction evaluation (mini-PIE) was conducted to rapidly review the MV programme, make improvements and inform future strategies. METHODS: A programme evaluation was condu…

  • Assessing the utility of the Covid-19 epidemic Situations of Concern classification system in guiding operational responses to the pandemic in the WHO African region

    Open AccessOpeayo Ogundiran, Jessica L Abbate et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    During a public health emergency, early implementation of response activities is crucial for saving lives and protecting livelihoods. The COVID-19 pandemic, declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, posed a global public health crisis that required timely decision-making despite limited data and capacity. In this context, WHO’s Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) developed the Situations of Concern (SOC) classification syst…

  • Reflections on 50 years of immunisation programmes in the WHO African region

    Open AccessAmos Petu, Balcha Masresha et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    Immunisation is crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for maternal and child mortality reduction. As Africa marks the 50th anniversary of implementing immunisation programmes, it is imperative to review progress, address challenges and strategise for the future. Using available programme data, this article examines the progress made in achieving the immunisation milestones in the region, describes the success factors and lessons …

  • Strengthening the WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO Afro) Covid-19 vaccination information system

    Open AccessTalya Shragai, Arish Bukhari et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    This manuscript describes the process and impact of strengthening the WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO)’s COVID-19 vaccination information system. This system plays a critical role in tracking vaccination coverage, guiding resource allocation and supporting vaccination campaign roll-out for countries in the African region. Recognising existing data management issues, including complex reporting prone to human error, compromised data quali…

  • Setting up a data system for monitoring malaria vaccine introduction readiness and uptake in 42 health districts in Cameroon

    Open AccessFranck Mboussou, Shalom Tchokfe Ndoula et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    Three months after the first shipment of RTS,S1/AS01 vaccines, Cameroon started, on 22 January 2024, to roll out malaria vaccines in 42 districts among the most at risk for malaria. Cameroon adopted and implemented the World Health Organization (WHO) malaria vaccine readiness assessment tool to monitor the implementation of preintroduction activities at the district and national levels. One week before the start of the vaccine rollout, overall re…

  • Covid-19 pandemic in Africa’s island nations during the first 9 months

    Open AccessTimokleia Kousi, Daniela Vivacqua et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    The geographic and economic characteristics unique to island nations create a different set of conditions for, and responses to, the spread of a pandemic compared with those of mainland countries. Here, we aimed to describe the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the potential conditions and responses affecting variation in the burden of infections and severe disease burden, across the six island nations of the WHO’s Africa region…

  • An in-depth statistical analysis of the Covid-19 pandemic’s initial spread in the WHO African region

    Open AccessAnanthu James, Jyoti Dalal et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, sub-Saharan African countries experienced comparatively lower rates of SARS-CoV-2 infections and related deaths than in other parts of the world, the reasons for which remain unclear. Yet, there was also considerable variation between countries. Here, we explored potential drivers of this variation among 46 of the 47 WHO African region Member States in a cross-sectional study. We described five indi…

  • Leveraging human resources for outbreak analysis

    Open AccessSara Botero Mesa, Flavio Codeço Coelho et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Emerging infectious diseases are a growing threat in sub-Saharan African countries, but the human and technical capacity to quickly respond to outbreaks remains limited. Here, we describe the experience and lessons learned from a joint project with the WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO) to support the sub-Saharan African COVID-19 response.In June 2020, WHO AFRO contracted a number of consultants to reinforce the COVID-19 response in member…

  • Covid-19 mortality in women and men in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessJyoti Dalal, Isotta Triulzi et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: Since sex-based biological and gender factors influence COVID-19 mortality, we wanted to investigate the difference in mortality rates between women and men in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). METHOD: We included 69 580 cases of COVID-19, stratified by sex (men: n=43 071; women: n=26 509) and age (0-39 years: n=41 682; 40-59 years: n=20 757; 60+ years: n=7141), from 20 member nations of the WHO African region until 1 September 2020. We com…