Cracking the cold chain challenge is key to making vaccines ubiquitous
Vaccines need to be kept cold to remain effective. A lack of power in remote areas makes this difficult, reducing the reach of the life-saving pharmaceuticals.
Primary Results
Strong leadership fought COVID‑19 in Africa: the next step is to harness research
African countries have proven that they have the skills and expertise to provide local solutions to this global pandemic. They need to build on this success together to keep the pandemic at bay.
So you think investing in fever screening can curb the spread of COVID‑19? Think again
Detecting fever requires measuring core body temperature. Screening measures the body’s surface temperature.
Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: evidence from 22 African countries
Even where vaccines are available, one barrier to progress is vaccine hesitancy: the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate.
Lack of equity and diversity still plague global health research
Global health researchers, funders and journals are not walking the talk on equity, diversity and inclusion.
Trump’s Africa strategy should have cast China as a regional partner, not a global adversary
Why opportunities should be found to advance cooperation between Africa, China and the US as confidence building measures in US-China relations.
Poll in the DRC looms. But the election is unlikely to bring change
It’s been an eventful year for the Democratic Republic of Congo as the country prepares for elections.
How years of IMF prescriptions have hurt West African health systems
West African health systems were weak before the IMF got involved. Sadly, the policy reforms demanded by the IMF in exchange for loans have undermined governments’ ability to repair these problems.
Mpox in the DRC: residents of the slum at the centre of Kinshasa’s epidemic have little chance of avoiding this major health crisis
Long known as a virus confined to rural areas, mpox has reached Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
How can ‘cured’ Ebola patients fall sick again months after recovery?
A Scottish nurse who was “cured” from Ebola is now back in serious condition after the virus appeared to have re-emerged.
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