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Covid-19

Home›Category: "Covid-19" (Page 4)

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.)

  • President Ramaphosa receiving South Africa's first consignment of Covid vaccines in February 2021. Photo: GCIS
    Covid-19

    Covid, lockdowns and vaccines: Why Africa shouldn’t copy the West

    By Toby Green
    April 27, 2021
    Every policy has costs and benefits. In most African countries, redirecting all resources to tackling COVID-19 will cost more lives than it will save. ...
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  • ActivismAfrican VoicesAge of Agitation SeriesCOVID-19Covid-19Debating IdeasIdentities

    Covid-19 in Africa: Youth at the Fore

    By Nyeleti Honwana Alcinda Honwana
    April 14, 2021
    Age of Agitation Series: Youth in Africa at the fore of Covid
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  • Africa Science Focus PodcastCovid-19Tanzania

    Podcast: COVID-19 – What’s next for Tanzania?

    By SciDevNet
    April 2, 2021
    Welcome to the latest episode of the Africa Science Focus podcast distributed in partnership with African Arguments. Africa Science Focus is a weekly podcast series by SciDevNet and is ...
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  • AnthropologyCovid-19COVID-19Debating IdeasPolitics and Political EconomySocial PolicySouth Africa

    Culture, Covid and Social Cohesion in Rural Southern Africa

    By Leslie Bank
    March 16, 2021
    Social rules in rural South Africa ahead of the Third Wave
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  • COVID-19Covid-19Debating IdeasPublic Health

    Africa and Covid-19: Why We Need Pandemic-scale Political Thinking

    By Paul Richards Daniel Cohen
    March 4, 2021
    Pandemic-scale Political Thinking
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  • Africa Science Focus PodcastCovid-19

    Podcast: On vaccine hesitancy across the continent

    By SciDevNet
    February 26, 2021
    Welcome to the latest episode of the Africa Science Focus podcast distributed in partnership with African Arguments. Africa Science Focus is a weekly podcast ...
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  • AnthropologyCovid-19COVID-19Debating IdeasDecolonisationSocial PolicySouth Africa

    The Sociology of Ground Zero: The South African Variant and Colonial Prejudice

    By Leslie Bank
    February 25, 2021
    Colonial prejudice: the sociology of Ground Zero
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  • Africa Science Focus PodcastCovid-19MalawiZambia

    Podcast: Of rising COVID-19 cases and vaccine doubt

    By SciDevNet
    February 12, 2021
    Read all our COVID-19 coverage  Welcome to the latest episode of the Africa Science Focus podcast distributed in partnership with African Arguments. Africa Science ...
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  • AnthropologyCOVID-19Covid-19Debating IdeasEconomies and SocietiesSouth Africa

    Exhumed Bodies: Reburials and Cultural Resistance in Covid Times

    By Leslie Bank Aneza Madini
    February 10, 2021
    Politics of burial during Covid-19 in South Africa
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  • vaccine Health workers spread information on the prevention of COVID-19 in Kenya. Credit: Victoria Nthenge.
    Covid-19KenyaSociety

    How prepared is Kenya to roll out COVID-19 vaccines?

    By John Harrington & David Ngira
    February 10, 2021
    The government has been slow but, more importantly, its been left vulnerable by the competitive procurement strategies of richer countries. Kenya’s response to the ...
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