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As a disease progresses, so too must the underlying data and reporting improve to manage the progression of the outbreak.
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a State of Disaster in March 2020.
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The willingness of the executive to pre-empt criticism by amending COVID regulations has arguably strengthened its position.
It’s important to have satellites collecting data about Africa, for Africa.
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The nanosatellite constellation will detect, monitor and identify foreign vessels within the country’s maritime borders.
Trucks lining outside a container yard in Cape Town, South Africa. Infrastructure backlogs are a threat to food exports.
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What’s in store for South Africa’s agricultural sector.
Young people must be included from the early stages of interventions.
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Adolescents and young people should get involved early in the design, planning and scale up of interventions.
The wreckage of a car hit by an attack led by Boko Haram members.
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For a successful reintegration of former Boko Haram combatants into society, public perceptions in Nigeria need to change.
Africa has a growing promising cadre of smart and skilled health experts.
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To attain a new health order, African governments need to bolster investment in research and development, innovation and manufacturing of health tools.
The pandemic has engaged ordinary citizens in a way that can only be positive for the future of healthcare.
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The challenges presented by the pandemic are an opportunity for African health systems to move beyond their current limitations.
A crowded marketplace amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Accra, Ghana.
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A new approach to urban planning is needed to restore hope in African cities. There are three keys that can help unlock this.
South Africa’s tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu has sparked controversy with her attack on the country’s constitution and judges.
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The politically ambitious Sisulu’s most recent campaigning grenade came in her cynical attack on the country’s constitution and judiciary.
La prévalence du VIH dans le bassin du Congo est relativement faible.
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Pour être efficaces, les formules vaccinales doivent couvrir toutes les souches émergentes, mais il subsiste beaucoup inconnues.
Mental health is still a taboo topic for most Ghanaian families.
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Despite advances in human rights and treatments, stigma toward individuals diagnosed with mental illness is common in Ghana.
Fishermen weigh a basket full of fish off the Indian ocean’s archipelago of Lamu on Kenya’s coast.
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COVID-19 greatly disrupted local market dynamics at landing sites, within the communities, and connections to more distant markets.
Fast food in Ghana is expensive.
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Fast food brands target high- and middle-income groups who have incomes to adopt so-called modern lifestyles, including consuming fast food regularly.
Women carry water buckets filled with water after fetching it from one of the illegal freshwater points in Mathare slum.
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Fetching water entails physical hardship that can often lead to mental agony and can sometimes even threaten a woman’s safety.
People in poorer urban areas aren’t receiving the necessary healthcare.
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Urban poverty is having an adverse impact on the health of mothers and children.
African-owned food retailers are increasing their footprints across the continent.
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Commitments made on the global stage must now be followed through with policy and regulatory reform at national, regional and continental levels.
Women line up to collect water in their buckets in the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi.
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The manner in which people access water differs according to income. People in high- and middle- income areas tend to have piped connections in their homes.
Holidaymakers relax on the South Beach during New Year festivities in Durban after the government lifted COVID-19 restrictions.
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The South African government has chosen a pragmatic approach that balances the potential direct and detrimental indirect effects of Covid.
Knowing where people are most vulnerable can help authorities make better decisions about allocating resources.
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Knowing who is most vulnerable to COVID can be used to guide resource allocation and help the design of risk mitigation strategies.