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Frontline heroes battle disease in Rwanda
Rwanda’s female community health workers have been beating back malariaโcan they do the same for Covid-19? By Maggie Andresen Itโs a quiet morning just after…
Rwanda opts for pool testing in response to COVID-19
People line up for the bus in Kigali, Rwanda. Photo credit: Plaisir Muzogeye Kigaliโs markets are the heart of Rwandaโs capital; shoppers throng between stalls,…
What coronavirus genomes can tell us about the pandemicโand scienceโin Africa
As the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spreads across the world, it mutates, and scientists can track these mutations by sequencing viruses isolated from patients. These viral…
Initiative offers help for community health as Egypt battles coronavirus
Essayed Lotfy, a frail-looking 46-year-old baker from Cairo, faces difficult choices if heโs to continue making a living in his city which has been besieged…
Can teaching in Ghana carry on virtually as the pandemic rages?
On 15 March 2020, Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo ordered the immediate closure of all educational institutions in Ghana in a bid to curb the spread…
Dans le cadre du Coronavirus, les pays africains devront trouver des moyens innovants et inรฉdits pour rรฉpondre ร cette crise
Les effets รฉconomiques du Coronavirus sur lโAfrique avec Mouhamadou M. LY, รconomiste senior au Policy Center for the New South Next Einstein Forum : Quels seront les…
Covid-19 poses a tricky challenge for Africaโs elderly
Old people are especially vulnerable to Covid-19, the respiratory illness currently crippling the world. But Africaโs elderly, even if they are a small proportion of…
Covid-19: A wake up call for R&D collaboration in Africa
The current Covid-19 pandemic has revealed true weaknesses in African healthcare systems, ranging from limited numbers of intensive care unit beds and ventilators, to the…