President Ramaphosa Pays Heartfelt Tribute to Nurses Five Years After Covid-19 Pandemic
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed gratitude for the vital role nurses played during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »
Heeding the Lessons of Covid-19 in the Face of Avian Influenza [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Infectious disease outbreaks have a bad habit of piling on at the worst possible times. Read more »
5 Years On, True Counts of Covid-19 Deaths Remain Elusive - and Research Is Hobbled By Lack of Data [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers struggled to grasp the rate of the virus's spread and the number of related deaths. While hospitals tracked cases and deaths… Read more »
Covid-19 - We're No Better Prepared for a Pandemic Today Than We Were in 2020 [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
On March 11 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. According to official data there have been more than 770 million cases of COVID, which have caused… Read more »
After Covid-19, Is the World Ready for the Next Pandemic? [press release]
WHO
One question I am frequently asked since the COVID-19 pandemic is, "Are we more ready for the next pandemic than we were for the last one?" Read more »
Covid-19 - How Did Africa Defy the Odds With Fewer Deaths?
Thomson Reuters Foundation
The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to decimate African populations, but that didn't happen. Why? Read more »
5 Years Since Covid Was Declared a Pandemic, We're Still Poorly Prepared for the Next One [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
On March 11, 2020, as COVID continued to spread rapidly around the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared a pandemic. Read more »
Three Memorable Ways the Covid Pandemic Shaped Black Music - Five Years On [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Five years ago, at the start of 2020, I was looking forward to the publication of my book, Terraformed: Young Black Lives in the Inner City and eagerly anticipating a long-awaited… Read more »
Covid-19 Is the Latest Epidemic to Show Biomedical Breakthroughs Aren't Enough to Eliminate a Disease [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat that has killed over 7 million people to what most people regard today as a tolerable… Read more »
We Should Care More About Emerging Infectious Diseases, and the Tools We Need to Fight Them [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Throughout human history, disease outbreaks have emerged and re-emerged. What's different now is that with global travel, outbreaks can move quickly among and between populations. Read more »
The 'Lab-Leak Origin' of Covid-19. Fact or Fiction? [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
In a January 24 interview with the far-right-wing outlet Breitbart News, newly appointed CIA director John Ratcliffe stated that assessing intelligence on a potential Wuhan lab… Read more »
