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WHO On Impact Of Virus On Women In Africa, COVAX Rollout
The World Health Organization said Thursday that most African countries would have COVID-19 vaccination programmes underway by the end of March.
The World Health Organization said Thursday that most African countries would have COVID-19 vaccination programmes underway by the end of March.
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, also said almost 10 million doses of vaccine had been delivered to 11 African countries by Thursday.
More African countries received the long-awaited first deliveries of the jabs on Wednesday, with Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal and Lesotho benefiting from the global COVAX initiative that aims to ensure doses for the world’s low-and middle-income nations.
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Africa was predicted to be hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, given its poor health systems. However, this outcome has not been the case. Despite the U.S. being the highest spender on health care globally, COVID-19 has shown that its primary care infrastructure is in much need of strengthening. But we should not mistake COVID-19 as the biggest pandemic of our time. If anything, it is only a dry run, with other epidemics brewing on the horizon. Therefore, if the global community is serious about epidemic preparedness, global health security, and protecting the most vulnerable, we need to redesign health systems for resilience. Africa’s lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as from concurrent outbreaks of cholera, Ebola virus disease, yellow fever, and chikungunya, could provide a roadmap.
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