Background Yemen is a poor country facing armed conflict which significantly disrupted the Health System. Yemen reported fewer COVID-19 cases than neighbouring countries, yet the case fatality rate (19.6%) remained five times the global average. Conflict typically hinders surveillance, however obtaining representative mortality and morbidity indicators remains essential to efficacious epidemic planning. We aimed to explore challenges hindering COVID-19 surveillance in Yemen and opportunities for addressing them, to increase surveillance effectiveness in such conflict and resource-constraint settings.
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