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A 52-year-old woman suffering from bladder cancer lies under a radiotherapy simulator used to pinpoint areas to treat at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra April 24, 2012.

Cancer in Africa, a Financially Devastating Disease

by Naïmatou Moussa

A physician in Senegal shares her cancer story from "the land of universal health coverage"

Trade
Combination of photos show people wearing face masks at the re-opening of the Rood-Wooko city central market, amid the spread of coronavirus in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on April 20, 2020. The picture is a photo montage showing an array of people wearing a variety of masks. REUTERS/Anne Mimault

Coronavirus Drugs—To Have and Have Not

by Joelle Dountio O.

Africa's least developed countries should apply a WTO patent waiver, to import generic versions of future COVID-19 drugs

“Nobody knows anything,” said Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman, who wrote the 1969 classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross. The photo is an original movie poster of the movie with the words across the bottom, "Not that it matters, but most of it is true." GETTY Images/Movie Poster Image Art
Governance

Expertise, Coronavirus, and the New Normal

by Charles Ebikeme

North–south divide in the time of coronavirus may be a preview of what will emerge on other side of the pandemic

A student washes her hands after clean up at a school in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Abuja, Nigeria on March 20, 2020. The photo shows a pair of hands actively lathering under a water tap against a blue background. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Poverty

Where WASH Figures in the COVID-19 Fight

by Katherine E. Bliss, Tanvi Nagpal

Hard-sought health security in sub-Saharan Africa should build on WASH programs, which are already proven to save lives

Helping youth directly address their leaders: Mariam Abou Gado, Ouagadougou Partnership Youth Ambassador in Niger, meets with President Issoufou of Niger to discuss recommendations on family planning. The photo shows a smiling Miriam shaking hands with the president. PHOTO courtesy of EtriLabs/Yves Tamomo
Gender

An Improbable Success in a Troubled Region

by Janet Fleischman, Marie Ba

The Ouagadougou Partnership in Francophone West Africa advances access to family planning for health and development