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African Academy of Sciences

Has African based COVID-19  research tracker up and running. Planned and ongoing projects included on separate tabs. Accepts submissions from African institutions for inclusion.
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WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network

GOARN research tracker hosted by GLOPID-R , global reach and not exclusively based in COVID 19.
Access here or here
The Global Health Network

Has various sub groups and pages from African based research institutions.( see Gambia MRC page) 
Large multinational trials ( see solidarity trial page)
And specific professional and technical interest groups ( see research nurses page) 
More research tools here.
Africa RXIV

A free, open source and community-led digital archive for African research. Covers various STEM subjects.
Refers to WHO and Africa CDC resources. Hosts a chatbot which has COVID-19 information in multiple African languages and well and technical innovations being researched in Africa to aid the COVID-19 response. 
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International Resource for Infection Control

Hub for international guidelines from various organisations worldwide, not COVID specific.
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Birmingham university COVID-19 research briefing 

Include research articles and media, ~75 expert contributors feedback on credibility and evidence base. UK emphasis in articles. 
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US CDC COVID-19 guidelines for IPC in non US settings 

US CDC resource list adapted guidelines for LMICs.  Not Africa specific. 
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ICAN 

Resources page from a variety of sources, some open to members only. 
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WHO AFRO

Technical guidance on IPC and other subject focussed on the AFRO region.
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Africa CDC Science and Public Health Policy Brief

Weekly update on publications related to COVID-19 hosted along with other ACDC guidelines and resources.
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WHO COVID- 19 

Technical guidance regularly updated on various areas including IPC, global perspective. 
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Lit Covid 

Comprhensive  literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific info on COVID, updated daily, linked to Pubmed and can search by location and category.
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Pan African Network for Rapid Research Response and Preparedness for Infectious Diseases Epidemics

Multidisciplinary consortium, has a publications page with African Infectious disease research open access.
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Covipendium 

Living paper COVID -19 structured compilation of scientific data about the virus, the disease and its control. Its objective is to identify the most relevant publications on COVID-19, updated weekly.
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University of Edinburgh – Usher institute

Rapid reviews of specific issues around control of COVID -19.
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University of Adelaide -JBI

Evidence based summaries for health professionals managing COVID-19.
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AfricaRXIV

Preprint repository for African research. 
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