Community-based surveillance contribution to the response of COVID-19 in Niger.

Introduction: the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across all countries in Africa, with much of the model forecasting disastrous results owing to weak health services and political uncertainty. In Niger, an adaptive solution to the COVID-19 pandemic has been implemented by community-based surveillance system (CBS) to complement passive case-finding in health systems.

Methods: the CBS program was designed to use the current CBS polio network spanning 37 health districts in six regions.