STREngthening COronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Surveillance in Africa

The aim of this observational study was to develop, with the intended users, an epidemic surveillance and response system that will be effective, sensitive, coordinated and appropriate. The STREESCO project aims to * Implement active epidemiological surveillance of suspected cases in Benin at strategic sites in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) protocol, in support of the national strategy for responding to the CoVID-19 virus. * To strengthen this national strategy by developing a clinico-epidemiological surveillance system in remote areas of Benin (health centre approach) and Burkina Faso (population survey approach). * To gain a better understanding of the dynamics of the epidemic and its parameters in Africa thanks to a modern biostatistical and geo-epidemiological analysis of the data collected as part of this project.