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A patient undergoes a mammogram X-ray picture of the breast to look for early signs of breast cancer in the radiology unit at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya on January 23, 2020.

Lack of Awareness of Cancer and the Efficacy of Therapy Undermines Africa's Cancer Control Efforts

by Tolu Ojo

Governments in sub-Saharan Africa should commit to making cancer a public health priority

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Education in Africa is being disrupted along with everything else—chickens here in a classroom converted into a poultry house because of COVID-19 in the town of Wang'uru, Kenya, on August 28, 2020. Picture shows a large gaggle of chickens inside a classroom, clucking around. One stands atop an overturned bucket. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

The Double Threat of COVID-19 in Africa

by Tom Frieden, John Nkengasong

Deaths from health-care disruptions due to COVID-19 are almost certain to outnumber deaths from the coronavirus itself

People wearing protective face masks wait for their rapid antigen test results outside a community center, amidst the spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, India, on September 17, 2020. The photo shows a large crowd of people from behind the bars of an iron fence. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
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Human Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Oluwatemilorun Adenipekun

Governments have an obligation to guarantee the continued protection of the public's rights during and after a pandemic