Why We Are Losing the War Against COVID-19 on the Data Front and How to Reverse the Situation
 
                            Why We Are Losing the War Against COVID-19 on the Data Front and How to Reverse the Situation
                        
     
                    David Prieto-Merino
                   
                    1, 2
                      , MSc, PhD ;  
                    Rui Bebiano Da Providencia E Costa
                   
                    3
                      , MD, MSc, PhD ;  
                    Jorge Bacallao Gallestey
                   
                    4
                      , PhD ;  
                    Reecha Sofat
                   
                    3
                      , MD, MSc, PhD ;  
                    Sheng-Chia Chung
                   
                    3
                      , PhD ;  
                    Henry Potts
                   
                    3
                      , MSc, PhD 
 
                1
            
            Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
        
                2
            
            Applied Statistical Methods in Medical Research Group, Catholic University of San Antonio in Murcia, Murcia, Spain
        
                3
            
            Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, United Kingdom
        
                4
            
            University of Medical Sciences, Havana, Cuba
        
  
        
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
 
            Corresponding Author:
        
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                David Prieto-Merino, MSc, PhD
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                Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health
            
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                London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
            
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                Keppel Street
            
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                London WC1E7HT
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                United Kingdom
            
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                Phone:
                44 07872619981
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                Email: david.prieto@lshtm.ac.uk