Frontline heroes battle disease in Rwanda
Rwanda’s female community health workers have been beating back malaria—can they do the same for…
Frontline heroes battle disease in Rwanda
Rwanda’s female community health workers have been beating back malaria—can they do the same for Covid-19? By Maggie Andresen It’s 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 Kigali’s markets are the heart of Rwanda’s capital; shoppers throng between stalls,…
What coronavirus genomes can tell us about the pandemic—and science—in 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 he’s 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 inédits pour répondre à cette crise
Les effets économiques du Coronavirus sur l’Afrique avec Mouhamadou M. LY, Économiste senior au Policy Center for the New South Next Einstein Forum : Quels seront les…
Covid-19 poses a tricky challenge for Africa’s elderly
Old people are especially vulnerable to Covid-19, the respiratory illness currently crippling the world. But Africa’s 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…
Literature in a time of pandemic: The view from an international PhD student
I was born and raised in Ghana, Accra, where my belly button remains buried and the place I still call home. For the last four…
