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A boy wades through floodwaters after heavy rains in Bududa village.

Uganda Spots Anthrax Outbreak Early Via Enhanced Situational Awareness

by Amanda McClelland

How an early-warning approach could mitigate infectious disease crises

Poverty
Ugandan medical staff inspect the ebola preparedness facilities at Bwera General Hospital near Uganda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Bwera, Uganda, on June 12, 2019.

Ebola in Uganda

An interview with emergency physician and Ebola survivor Craig Spencer

People at a coronavirus testing center on July 2, 2020 in Mugda Medical College in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where half of the medical equipment in public health facilities goes unused according to the authors. The photo shows a crowd of people wearing masks waiting on line in chairs while a health worker in full protective gear walks beside them. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Poverty

Who Gets What and Why?

by Héctor Castro

Countries need informed decision-making through health technology assessment to allocate resources during the pandemic

Going out in a storm is a tough choice. Here a woman braves a sandstorm in Timbuktu, Mali, on July 29, 2013. Far worse is the decision many face today whether to brave COVID-19 for other health care. The photo shows a woman with a baby on her back walking through a desert. The wind is blowing strongly, as evidenced by the billowing cloth on their heads. REUTERS/Joe Penney
Aging

Mothers, Children, and the Terrible Choice Between COVID-19 and Other Infections

by Chip Lyons, Chris Collins

Decisive action is required now to protect the most vulnerable from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during the pandemic

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
Governance

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

A man coughs as children walk past roadside, during the coronavirus pandemic in Nairobi, Kenya April 19, 2020. This is a powerful image of two children looking at a man who is coughing into his had with his head turned. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Urbanization

Coronavirus in East Africa

by Moses Tetui

Disease-induced divisions and challenges to regional blocs are set to deepen in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic

“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

Picture shows Olive Kobusingye, Executive Director, Injury Control Center at Makerere Medical School in Kampala, Uganda. She is looking at the camera against a bright, blurred out background wearing a red-and-blue shirt in this posed shot.
Environment

Injuries, Drowning and Boat Safety in Sub-Saharan Africa

Interview with Olive Kobusingye, Executive Director, Injury Control Center at Makerere Medical School in Kampala, Uganda