Institutional racism, greed, and a broken global health system are all working against African nations where people are dying from COVID in silence, according to a scathing assessment from one expert.
As special envoy and co-chair of the ACT-Accelerator, Dr. Ayoade Alakija is advocating for improved access to testing, vaccines, and treatments for COVID-19 in the Global South.
For Dr. Ayoade Alakija, saying no was not an option when she was asked to lead efforts to expand Covid-19 testing and treatments to underserved regions.
African health authorities are calling for better coordination to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are distributed quickly to all African nations. Vaccine supplies have surpassed demand for the first time since the pandemic began two years ago. But health officials at a conference in Nigeria said Wednesday that a lack of refrigeration and poor infrastructure were major…
Abuja, Nigeria - African health authorities are calling for better coordination to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are distributed quickly to all African natio