1 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
2 Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
3 Public Health Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
4 Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
5 School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
6 Bayero University, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
7 Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
8 University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
9 College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
10 Pan African University Life & Earth Sciences Institute (PAULESI), Ibadan, Nigeria.
11 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Kampala, Uganda.
12 Family and Youth Health Initiative (FAYOHI), Jigawa State, Nigeria.
13 Karanda Hospital, Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe.
14 The University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
15 University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
16 African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
17 Department of Family Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
18 The Africa Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
19 Department of Population Health, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg.
20 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. michael.silverman@sjhc.london.on.ca.
21 Division of Infectious Diseases, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world.