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Strengthening a reliable evidence base for monitoring the COVID-19 and other disasters

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    PhD and Dr Dmitri Jdanov, Domantas Jasilionis

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Max-Planck-Institut für Demographische Forschung

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Health Systems Research

  • Research Subcategory

    Health information systems

  • Special Interest Tags

    Data Management and Data Sharing

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed notable shortcomings of existing data collection systems suffering from a lack of internationally comparable procedures and definitions. The project relies on a transparent approach allowing to provide internationally comparable evidence based on weekly excess deaths and mortality rates. The main practical outcome of the project is a comprehensive and freely accessible international database ensuring timely and reliable monitoring of the pandemic and other potential health threats in the future.