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Human health, animal health and environmental health are inextricably linked

Africa Inger Andersen & Jimmy Smith - 12 Jul 2020

To take care of ourselves, we must take care of the world around us

Covid-19 deepens the educational divide

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 26 Jun 2020

With the closure of schools, learning has moved to online platforms across the world, but a UNESCO report said only 12% of households in the least-developed countries have internet access at home

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The coping mechanisms the DRC is putting in place as it faces Ebola, measles and Covid-19

Africa Yap Boum - 24 Jun 2020

The DRC has systematically gone about strengthening health infrastructure, engaging the community and doing better research

Images of black death satisfy disturbing desires and purposes

Opinion Patrick Gathara - 5 Jun 2020

The protests sweeping the United States after the latest police killing of a black man again speak to the ability of images to evoke powerful emotional responses

A brief history of anti-black violence in China

Opinion Winslow Robertson - 3 Jun 2020

The recent news of evictions and mistreatment of African students in China during the Covid-19 pandemic is rooted in a history of violence and discrimination

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Some African countries are choosing livelihoods over lockdowns

Africa Chude Jideonwo & Damola Morenikeji - 27 May 2020

The methods that work in Western nations rarely translate into African contexts

Civil unrest turns deadly in Guinea

Africa Aanu Adeoye - 22 May 2020

Guinea’s response to the coronavirus has exacerbated the country’s existing fault lines

Covid-19 restrictions give rise to political tensions in Sierra Leone

Africa Abdul S Brima - 18 May 2020

The country has experienced violent incidents of unrest in recent weeks

Three months in, Covid-19 poses triple threats in Africa

Africa Edwin Ikhuoria - 18 May 2020

Health, debt and hunger are huge threats to the continent’s stability

Looking after the Covid-19 dead to protect the living

Coronavirus Kiri Rupiah - 14 May 2020

South Africa has largely escaped the fate of several European countries and the United States, but that doesn’t mean we can’t prepare, just in case

Public must develop safe death rites

Coronavirus Leslie Bank - 14 May 2020

Experience in Brazil, West and South Africa show how ‘people’s science’ can manage deadly illnesses

The doctor who gave her life to stop Ebola in Nigeria

Africa Shola Lawal - 11 May 2020

When Ebola first hit Lagos, Dr Ameyo Adadevoh knew something was seriously wrong, so she did something about it

‘We cannot be complacent,’ says Africa CDC boss

Africa Simon Allison - 28 Apr 2020

Africa’s new disease control agency reacted early and quickly to the Covid-19 pandemic

Crisis, what crisis? How not to handle a pandemic

Africa Aanu Adeoye, Simon Allison, Amindeh Blaise Atabong & Abdul S Brima - 27 Apr 2020

So far, most countries on the African continent are dealing with Covid-19, but not all leaders are taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously

Malaria deaths could double during Covid-19 pandemic, warns WHO

Africa Abdul S Brima - 24 Apr 2020

The World Health Organisation said people could die of preventable illnesses if steps to control malaria as well as immunisation for measles, yellow fever and polio are interrupted

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