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    Social Unrest and Vaccine Hubris in Europe: What Should Africa Conclude?

    By Paul Richards
    November 26, 2021
    The anti-vax global campaign, lessons for the world.
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    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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    The Fetishisation of Covid-19 Data: Reflections on the Daily Data Announcements in Burkina Faso

    By Lea Paré Toé & Helle Samuelsen
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    The politics of Covid-19 metrics
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    Africa and Covid-19: Why We Need Pandemic-scale Political Thinking

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

    By Mark Paterson Leslie Bank
    February 2, 2021
    How the South African Government got it wrong on Covid-19 burials
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    Episode 10, African Arguments – African Voices: Community Response to Disease: A Conversation with Dr Lawrence Sao Babawo

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

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

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    December 2, 2020
    Covid and maternal health in Gambia
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    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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    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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