🗺 New research maps neighbourhood-level #COVID19 spread across Dakar, #Senegal revealing that infection risk is driven by the concentration of people within built-up residential areas - not population density alone.

🏥 The approach could also help tackle diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis across Africa.

👉 https://www.worldpop.org/blog/new-disease-mapping-identifies-covid-19-hotspots-in-dakar-to-guide-public-health-interventions/

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