coronavirus

With case numbers doubling every three weeks, the Delta variant is spreading to a growing number of countries.

Just 2% of the continent’s nearly 1.3 billion people have received one dose and only 9.4 million Africans are fully vaccinated.

Tracking the focus of misinformation circulating on social media is difficult, but African fact-checking organizations say they have debunked more than 1300 misleading reports since the onset of the pandemic.

Countries need to invest in research and ratify African Medicines Agency treaty to regulate manufacture of home-grown medical products.

The list of efforts countries will have to make to mitigate the pandemic impact is very long.

Dr. Rokhiatou Babio is one of the few women in her country spearheading a medical team on the COVID-19 frontline.

Access requires global solidarity, shared technology and waiver of Intellectual Property rules.

Mariam Traoré (right) and other CHWs in Africa are a critical link between their communities and the primary-healthcare system, especially during COVID-19.