Items corresponding to entire populations or subpopulations. Might be geographically or temporally temporally limited.

population

The dataset contains results from survey aimed to understand community knowledge and perception of participants in Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya. Topic areas explored in the survey include: the awareness and prevention of coronavirus, concerns over coronavirus, and information and misinformation on coronavirus.

non-collection specific

(Complex) Released

XLSX

Country

First-order administrative division

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Republic of South Africa

Republic of Kenya

English

CC BY 4.0

Mobile Accord, Inc. (GeoPoll)

Community Knowledge and Perceptions of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Sub-Saharan Africa

A species of BETACORONAVIRUS causing atypical respiratory disease (COVID-19) in humans. The organism was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China. The natural host is the Chinese intermediate horseshoe bat, RHINOLOPHUS affinis.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

SARS-CoV2

An organism of a particular biological taxon that is the site of reproduction of an organism of a different taxon.

host organism

Host

Actions of groups of people in response to outbreaks.

behavior

Behavior

Homo sapiens

Frequency of interactions between individuals in different settings, at different times...

contact rates

Contact Rates

A disease is a disposition (i) to undergo pathological processes that (ii) exists in an organism because of one or more disorders in that organism.

disease

Disease

A data set that is about one or more potentially infectious contact processes in a population of host organisms.

potentially infectious contact data set

A disease whose physical basis is an infectious disorder

infectious disease

Infectious Disease

A Coronavirus infection that is characterized by fever, cough and shortness of breath and that has_material_basis_in SARS-CoV-2.

COVID-19

Rates of compliance with policies/interventions including mask wearing, facility closures, large events, etc.

policy adherence

Policy Adherence

Information about media, coverage about a topic

media

Media

Datasets discussing outbreaks on social media sites

social media

Social Media

viral Infectious disease

Viruses Infection

includes social, economic, also mental health impact

socio-economic impacts

Socio-economic Impacts

 A count of simulated or physical individuals in a population.

Population count

Population Count

A respiratory tract infection caused by a virus. Viruses represent the most common causes of upper and lower respiratory tract infections and include rhinoviruses, influenza viruses, parainfluenza viruses, and respiratory syncytial virus.

viral respiratory tract infection

Viral Respiratory Tract Infection

A census that is the specific outcome of a population demographic survey.

population demographic census

Population Demographic

Minute infectious agents whose genomes are composed of DNA or RNA, but not both. They are characterized by a lack of independent metabolism and the inability to replicate outside living host cells.

Viruses

a census of infectious disease control strategies put into place to reduce infection acquisitions that are part of an infection in an ecosystem.

control strategy census

Control Strategy

A social identity information content entity that is about whether some person identifies as some gender.

gender identity information content entity

Gender

age-stratified

Age-Stratified

Vaccine preventable diseases are those infectious diseases that can be prevented by vaccination

vaccine-preventable Disease

Vaccine-Preventable Disease

Variability or diversity within a population that can influence their health outcomes, risk factors, and response to interventions

Health Heterogeneity

An organism of a particular biological taxon that is the bearer of an infectious dispositions towards an organism of a different particular biological taxon.

pathogen

Pathogen

A data item that is an aggregate of other data items of the same type that have something in common. Averages and distributions can be determined for data sets.

data set

The 'about' property contains mixed types: DefinedTerm objects represent subject matter/topics, while Place objects represent geographical scope or applicability

about-property-structure

Apache 2.0

Schema.org vocabulary for structured data on the web

Schema.org

A structured data markup specification for describing datasets in the life sciences, extending schema.org Dataset

Bioschemas Dataset Profile

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Terms - refined elements for precise resource description

DCMI Metadata Terms

W3C Data Catalog Vocabulary for describing data catalogs

Data Catalog Vocabulary

DataCite metadata schema for research data citation

DataCite Metadata Schema

W3C Provenance Ontology for describing provenance information

PROV Ontology

Provenance, Authoring and Versioning ontology for metadata about web resources

PAV Ontology

Custom MIDAS vocabulary for epidemiological data and modeling

MIDAS Metadata Vocabulary

OBO Foundry ontologies for life sciences and biomedical research

Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology

GeoNames Ontology

Health Level 7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources

HL7 FHIR

Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms

SNOMED Clinical Terms

LOINC database for laboratory and clinical observations

Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes

Landing page where users can browse and download dataset files in various formats.

Identifier	URL:https://data.humdata.org/dataset/coronavirus-in-sub-saharan-africa
Type	Data Set
Biological Scale	population
Collection End Date	2020/03/18
Language	English
Topics	Behavior Contact Rates Policy Adherence Control Strategy Disease Infectious Disease Vaccine-Preventable Disease COVID-19 Viruses Infection Viral Respiratory Tract Infection COVID-19 Health Heterogeneity Socio-economic Impacts Host Homo sapiens Media Social Media Pathogen Viruses SARS-CoV2 Population Count Population Demographic Age-Stratified Gender
Geographical Scope	Federal Republic of Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Republic of Kenya
Geographical Resolution	Country, First-order administrative division
Start Date	2020/03/10
End Date	2020/03/13
Version	unspecified
Accessible For Free	TRUE
License	CC BY 4.0
Rights	unspecified
HTTP Status Code	202
HTTP Checked On	2025/10/20