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A health worker in protective gear walks inside a Red Cross facility in the town of Koidu, in Sierra Leone, on December 19, 2014.

Mpox Surge in Sierra Leone: A Stress Test for National Readiness

by Mohamed Bella Jalloh, Mamadu Baldeh

Epidemics have a habit of revealing whether the last crisis was truly instructive or merely traumatic

Governance
A boy reads the Koran after morning prayers with his family during the holy month of Ramadan, as Egypt ramps up efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Cairo, Egypt, on April 26, 2020. Picture shows the boy reading with his shadow cast on the wall behind him. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

What We Ask About Coronavirus in Africa

by Morine Amutorine, Elaine O. Nsoesie

Search query data from 21 African countries reveal public perceptions, gaps in knowledge, and opportunities to educate

Migrant workers protect themselves from heat as they wait to board a train to their home state of eastern Bihar, at the end of the coronavirus lockdown in New Delhi, India, on May 21, 2020. The image shows two men sharing a yellow scarf. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Poverty

Bridging the Data Divide in COVID-19

by Tom Achoki

Collaborative health data networks and open access would give boundless opportunities to advance disease surveillance

A general view of a food market after Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari called for a lockdown starting the same day to limit the spread of coronavirus in Lagos, Nigeria on March 30, 2020. The picture shows a market bustling with trade. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
Governance

COVID-19 Highlights the Need for Community Health

by Angela Gichaga, Amit Chandra, Nelly Wakaba, Claire K. Qureshi, Lyudmila Nepomnyashchiy

Turning the tide on the pandemic and achieving greater global health security demands stronger community health systems

A hand pump provides access to water in the village of Lal Bux Lund in Pakistan's Sindh province on July 8, 2011, but 1 in 4 health facilities around the world lack basic water services. The picture shows two girls, one pumping, the other washing, and both laughing. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Urbanization

Getting WASH into Health Care Facilities: An Urgent Global Health Need

by John Simon, Susan K. Barnett

Will the UN’s prioritization of clean water, sanitation and hand washing in health care facilities finally breed action?

Women wait in line during a UNICEF supported mobile health clinic in the village of Rubkuai in Unity State, South Sudan on February 16, 2017. Picture shows five women in a line with more lined up on the other side of them. The three women in the middle are standing very close, and the third has her arms around the shoulders of the second, suggesting they all know each other. This photo is moving in its simple, straightforward humanity. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola
Gender

How to Save the Lives of Women and Girls in Africa

by Edinah Masiyiwa

African governments must follow through on their lofty declarations and allocate national budgets to save women’s lives

Nepalese police officers and other officials walking inside the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu after Nepal confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country on January 28, 2020. The picture shows three officers in full uniforms and two officials wearing suits walking toward the camera down a long air terminal corridor with windows on both sides. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar.
Trade

Coronavirus and the Cruel Cost of Closing Borders

by Deepa Jahagirdar

Travel bans rarely prevent disease spread, but they have negative consequences—and may violate international health law