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Covid-19

Home›Category: "Covid-19" (Page 5)

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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    Plastic Bodies, Public Policy and Popular Anger in Rural South Africa

    By Mark Paterson Leslie Bank
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    Covid-19Society

    Africa has a history of vaccine hesitancy but also of solutions to it

    By Oluwaseun Oguntuase
    January 27, 2021
    A poll in six African countries suggests 62% of people would get a COVID-19 vaccine if available. That wouldn’t be enough for population immunity. ...
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  • African ArgumentsAfrican VoicesCovid-19COVID-19Debating IdeasPodcastsPublic Health

    Episode 10, African Arguments – African Voices: Community Response to Disease: A Conversation with Dr Lawrence Sao Babawo

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  • Africa coronavirus covid A woman in Mali wearing a mask. Credit: Photo: World Bank / Ousmane Traore.
    Covid-19Editor's PicksSociety

    Africans don’t just live to die. A response to the New York Times.

    By Mamka Anyona
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  • Covid-19COVID-19Debating IdeasEthiopiaPublic Health

    Ethiopia is an Early Symptom of Africa’s Impending Covid Crises

    By David Meffe
    December 18, 2020
    Covid in the Horn of Africa
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  • President Andry Rajoelina promoting his CVO COVID-19 cure in an interview on France24.
    Covid-19Madagascar

    The dangers of playing politics with COVID-19 cures

    By Sarah L. Bosha & Adam R. Houston
    December 8, 2020
    As treatments for COVID-19 are sought, there also needs to be a stronger stance against promoting unproven medicines. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 ...
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  • COVID-19Covid-19Debating IdeasGambiaPublic Health

    A Hollow Victory: The Hidden Cost of Covid-19 on Women’s Health in West Africa

    By Oley Dibba Wadda
    December 2, 2020
    Covid and maternal health in Gambia
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  • Covid-19COVID-19Debating IdeasDigital SolutionsPublic HealthSocial Policy

    Africa Can Improve Future Health Systems Resilience by Complementing Gaps in Physical Infrastructure with Digital Health Solutions

    By Lenias Hwenda
    November 16, 2020
    Improving Africa's health system resilience
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  • Covid-19COVID-19Debating IdeasKenyaPublic Health

    Exposed: Limits of State and Public Trust during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kenya

    By Justus B. Aungo
    November 11, 2020
    Limits of State and Public Trust during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kenya
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  • An infant surrounded by malaria bed net in Ghana. Credit: Arne Hoel / World Bank.
    Covid-19GhanaSierra Leone

    How can countries continue to combat malaria during a pandemic?

    By Ciku Kimeria
    November 11, 2020
    With medical disruptions due to COVID-19 likely to kill more people in Africa than the disease itself, two countries provide interesting lessons. With COVID-19 ...
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