The study reviews the very fragmented data on Covid-19 morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, and puts it into perspective with French and international data. Two Sahelian countries are studied in more detail: Burkina-Faso and Niger. Several seroprevalence surveys are reviewed, showing a...

Considerable evidence has documented that the elderly are more religious and that religiousness is associated with better health and lower mortality. Yet, little is known about the reverse role of life expectancy or proximity to death, as opposed to age, for religiousness. This paper provides...