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Africa: Ready to Respond

by Shingai Machingaidze, Gerald Chirinda

The changing story of a vulnerable continent better prepared to respond to pandemics

Environment
A black and white cow stands on caked and cracked mud before a small patch of muddy, gray water at a dam near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on January 18, 2020.

In Parched Zimbabwe, Climate Change Pushes Tsetse to New Areas

by Andrew Mambondiyani

Health experts will monitor tsetse-caused sleeping sickness to stem its spread

people are seen standing in front of a hospital in nigeria
Governance

Monkeypox in Nigeria

by Philip Obaji Jr.

Nigeria's battered health infrastructure is ill-equipped to handle a surge in monkeypox cases

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus scratches his head with a quizzical expression while seated at a wooden podium
Governance

The Monkeypox Outbreak and the WHO's Existential Crisis

by Jeremy Youde

The emergency declaration on monkeypox reinforces concerns about the WHO's role in global health governance

A man with gray hair and thick-rimmed glasses wearing a surgical facemask is vaccinated against monkeypox by a female nurse with long b;ack hair wearing a lab coat
Governance

The Monkeypox Outbreak and Foreign Policy

by David P. Fidler

The outbreak has limited implications for U.S. foreign policy on global health

A nurse in a blue protective suit, white mask, and green hair net prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at the Ngaliema Clinic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, April 29, 2021.
Trade

COVID-19 "Vaccinodromes" and the Power of Partnership

by Freddy Nkosi

How government-NGO collaborations can boost vaccination in Africa

Workers prepare face shields from recycled plastics at the Zaidi Recyclers workshop as a measure to stop the spread of coronavirus disease in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on May 21, 2020.
Governance

A Path Forward on COVID-19 in Tanzania

by Elaine O. Nsoesie

There is no time to waste in saving lives