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Covid-19

Home›Category: "Covid-19" (Page 3)

Exploring the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Africa on health, the economy, politics, social issues, culture and more. (This section includes articles from both the main site and the Debating Ideas sub-section.)

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    Infodemic: Resistance, Perceptions and Trust in Adherence to Government Covid-19 Containment Measures in Kenya

    By Erick Otieno Nyambedha
    August 26, 2021
    Mismanagement of Covid information campaign and response in Kenya
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  • COVID-19Covid-19Debating IdeasSenegal

    Senegal: Vaccine Access and Covid-19

    By Donna A. Patterson
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    Pharmaceutical market and vaccine apartheid
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  • Distributing emergency relief in Uganda amid Covid and floods in May 2020. Credit: Climate Centre.
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    The fatal flaw in Uganda’s emergency relief

    By Dorothy Mukasa, Salima Namusobya & Christiaan van Veen
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    The government is using national ID data to find those in need of Covid relief. Yet millions of the most marginalised aren’t even on ...
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  • women africa covid From the High Level Women Leaders Forum for Africa’s Transformation at the UN. Credit: Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
    Covid-19Politics

    Africa needs female leaders now more than ever

    By Grace Ayensu-Danquah
    July 14, 2021
    As the continent continues to combat the pandemic and starts to plan recovery efforts, the views of the group most affected must be heard.  ...
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  • Covid-19COVID-19Debating IdeasSierra Leone

    Whose Vaccine Justice? Debating Covid-19 Immunization in Sierra Leone

    By Luisa Enria, Anthony Mansaray, Mahmood H. Bangura and Alie D. Timbo,
    July 12, 2021
    Debating Vaccine Justice in Sierra Leone
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  • Ugandan troops getting COVID-19 vaccines. Credit: AMISOM Photo/Mokhtar Mohamed
    Covid-19Uganda

    Covid-19: Uganda’s route out is obvious

    By David Mafigiri & Megan Schmidt-Sane
    July 6, 2021
    As some rich countries aim for full vaccine coverage, vaccine hoarding means just 2% of Ugandans have received a COVID-19 jab. As COVID-19 spread ...
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    African ArgumentsCovid-19

    Coronavirus in Africa Tracker: How many covid-19 cases & where? [Latest]

    By Covid tracker
    June 29, 2021
    Confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa: 3,691,003 Recovered: 3,222,282; Confirmed coronavirus deaths: 96,241 Last updated: 29 June 2021 15:25 GMT. Source: Africa CDC; Johns Hopkins; ...
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  • COVID-19Covid-19Debating IdeasPublic Health

    Infection Control Begins at Home: Covid-19 and People’s Epidemiology

    By Esther Mokuwa and Paul Richards
    June 28, 2021
    A community approach to Covid infection control
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  • Burkina FasoCovid-19COVID-19Debating IdeasPublic Health

    The Fetishisation of Covid-19 Data: Reflections on the Daily Data Announcements in Burkina Faso

    By Lea Paré Toé & Helle Samuelsen
    June 1, 2021
    The politics of Covid-19 metrics
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  • covid At a market in Victoria, Seychelles. Credit: UN Women/Ryan Brown
    Covid-19Seychelles

    Seychelles has vaccinated 71% of its population. Why is Covid surging?

    By C Raina MacIntyre
    May 20, 2021
    What the world’s most vaccinated country tells us about variants, vaccine efficacy and achieving herd immunity. The small archipelago nation of Seychelles has emerged ...
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