Evidence-based Public Health Response

Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC) is a public-private partnership that supports evidence-based measures to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on African Union Member States. PERC member organizations are Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies, the World Health Organization, the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team and the World Economic Forum.  Ipsos and Novetta Mission Analytics bring market research expertise and years of data analytic support to the partnership. PERC collects social, economic, epidemiological, population movement, and security data from 20 African Union Member States to help determine the acceptability, impact and effectiveness of public health and social measures for COVID-19.