Covid-19 Updates
Students at the College of Health Sciences, United Methodist University in Liberia, recently received personal protective equipment (PPE) from GHM. They cannot enter health facilities without PPE, particularly given continuing Covid pressure. 23 nursing schools, 9 hospitals, 9 health centers and 2 rehab centers received PPE on this shipment to Liberia.
Global Health Ministries’ COVID-19 Task Force is regularly gathering data for each of our 13 partner countries for a high-level look at confirmed Covid cases, deaths and vaccine doses administered. This most recent update is based on World Health Organization (WHO) reporting as of 15 March, 2022 (covid19.who.int).
Key take-aways from this update include:
There was an increase of 23% of Covid deaths among GHM’s 13 partner countries during the past 7 months as reported to WHO.
Vaccinations increased 312% during the past 6 months in our GHM partner countries.
El Salvador, India and Nicaragua had the highest reported rates of full vaccination, whereas Cameroon, Madagascar, Nigeria and South Sudan had the lowest rates.
Globally, nearly 11 billion doses of Covid vaccines have been administered, and 4.4 billion people are considered fully vaccinated.
World Health Situation Report: “As of 13 March 2022, over 455 million confirmed cases and over 6 million deaths have been reported globally. After a consistent decrease in the number of new COVID-19 cases reported globally on a weekly basis since the end of January 2022, during the week of 7 through 13 March 2022, the number of new weekly cases has increased by 8% as compared to the previous week. Across the six WHO regions, over 11 million new cases and just over 43,000 new deaths were reported.”
www.who.int/publications/m/item/weekly-epidemiological-update-on-covid-19---15-march-2022
Below are more detailed summaries of COVID-19 impact in GHM partner countries, again based on WHO reporting as of 15 March, 2022.
Covid-19 Status in GHM Partner Countries
Covid Vaccination Status in GHM Partner Countries
This chart reports the number of vaccination doses administered as well as fully vaccinated individuals, per 100 population as of 15 March, 2022.
The following charts share trends during the past seven months (Aug 4 - March 15, 2022) for GHM’s partner countries, again compiled from information reported to WHO:
Covid-19 Death Trends
Covid-19 Case Trends
Covid-19 Vaccination Trends
Many thanks to Lon Kightlinger, MSPH, Ph.D., Epidemiologist and GHM Board and COVID-19 Task Force member, for compiling this country-specific information. He wisely urges us to consider country-to-country comparisons with caution, particularly as completeness of data reported to WHO varies between countries over time. This blog will continue to be updated as new information becomes available.