Sara Botero Mesa

Datos Biográficos

ID7762566
NOMBRESara Botero Mesa
NOMBRESSara Botero
APELLIDOMesa
FIRMAMESA S B
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Geneva
ORCID0000-0002-2943-3120
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2022
ÍNDICE H0

  • 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…