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Despite having comparatively poor health infrastructure, African public health practitioners have amassed a wealth of experience of managing epidemics.

Estimates suggest that every 12 seconds, a child somewhere in the world loses a caregiver to the coronavirus pandemic.

One of the consequences of the failure of developing countries like South Africa to authorise self-testing is that it is driving a thriving black market.

Uganda’s COVID-19 task force would do well to embrace pop music in its public health communications.

There isn’t enough clinical research being done in Africa. This has had a lot of repercussions in terms of the timing when interventions become available and effective in high income countries.

Several countries on the continent had introduced COVID-19 vaccination by early March 2021.

The media is regurgitating an international narrative that may not be fit for localised purpose.

African leaders can make strategies to fight COVID-19 more accessible to the people.

The need of the moment is for low- and middle-income countries to improve their own manufacturing capabilities.

The biggest challenge to the health system is the war in Tigray and other insecurity all over the country. Conflict has made COVID-19 prevention and vaccination efforts impossible in many areas.