Africa

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How to Stop West Africa’s Brain Drain

Investing in Africa’s health-care workforce could contribute to a more resilient and robust global health infrastructure

Turning Crisis Into Opportunity: Building Supply Chain Resilience in Africa

Absorbing the lessons of COVID-19 requires adopting a broader and longer-term perspective

Governance

Africa’s Crisis of Trust

How vaccine inequities and geopolitical shifts have eroded Africa’s trust in U.S. aid

Governance

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Africa: Tackling Safety Concerns for Optimal Uptake

To accelerate vaccine uptake, African countries have to battle the growing reservations toward the vaccine

Governance

Pandemic Fund to Africa: Step to the Back of the Line

Missed opportunities for impact in Africa in the Pandemic Fund’s first round of grants

Governance

Fostering Synergy for Health

Advancing the One Health approach in Africa to tackle emerging threats

Trade

Why Investing in Cold Chain Technologies Will Improve Health Outcomes

Failure to maintain an unbroken cold chain is among the top reasons vaccines are discarded.

Governance

PEPFAR Reauthorization on the Horizon

What could happen if the United States’ signature initiative on global health is not reauthorized

Gender

Harlem to Harare

Dr. Mary Bassett on how her upbringing and decades in Africa influenced her thinking about health in the United States

Governance

Choosing to Make a Change

Dr. Helene Gayle on her trailblazing career and the questions she still ponders

Governance

Building a New Public Health Order in Africa

The challenges and opportunities associated with reforming Africa's public health systems

Governance

In South Africa, Much More Than an Investment in HIV

Quarraisha Abdool Karim, UNAIDS special ambassador for adolescents and HIV, on "building one house" for health

Governance

PEPFAR in a Global Democratic Recession

At age twenty, PEPFAR's continued success depends on weathering an illiberal wave worldwide