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Post-Pandemic Africa: What Will the Future Look Like?

14 Mar 2020

“What will the world economy look like when we fast-forward to the other side of the COVID-19 crisis?” Looking toward a Post-Pandemic Africa The 2008 financial crisis has often been referred to as the worst economic disaster since the great...

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Anthony Murimi

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Malawi’s Second Wave: What Lessons from 2020 Can be Applied in 2021?

21 Jan 2021

As a second wave inundates Malawi, public health officials and policymakers are asking, What lessons from Malawi’s mild 2020 experience should be applied in 2021? Malawi is experiencing a deadly second wave of COVID-19 cases. New infections...

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Josephine Chinele

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Kenya’s Frontline Health Workers Are Dying From COVID-19

24 Nov 2020

Hundreds of health workers in Kenya have contracted COVID-19 during the pandemic, and 31 have died from the virus. Health workers are now asking for more protections, and a major trade union is preparing a strike. I. In a single week this...

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John Mbati

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Kenya: The First Batch of Vaccines Has Arrived, but the Rollout Has Faced Several Hurdles

26 Mar 2021

In Kenya, the initial rollout of a consignment of 1 million Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has faced several hurdles, including fears about safety and concerns about transparency. Stephanie Wangari reports from Nairobi. The first consignment of...

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Stephanie Wangari

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In Return to Global Health Multilateralism, U.S. Joins COVAX at a Critical Moment

22 Jan 2021

U.S. support for COVAX and other initiatives could prove to be critical in the global effort to end the devastation caused by COVID-19. On January 21, 2021, the first full day of his presidency and exactly one year after the first COVID-19...

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John Schellhase

Director, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy

John Schellhase is a director of Strategic Philanthropy at the Milken Institute. He contributes to and manages projects related to strengthening corporate philanthropy, including overseeing the Institute’s Corporate Philanthropy Leadership Collective.

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How COVID-19 Disrupted the Livelihoods of Farmers—and Heightened Food Insecurity—in Kenya

11 Dec 2020

In Kenya, COVID-19 restrictions cut off access to agricultural inputs and sowed confusion among farmers. The impacts on food security—and farming livelihoods—could be severe and long-lasting. The confirmation of the first COVID-19 case in...

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Joyce Chimbi

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COVID-19’s Impact on Educational Inequality in Lagos State, Nigeria

26 Jan 2021

In Lagos State, Nigeria, school closures exacerbated previous inequalities in the educational system, as learning from home proved problematic for less fortunate children. And inequalities continue to impact educational access as Nigeria...

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Adejoke Adeboyejo

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COVID-19: Africans are Hospitalized and Dying in India

6 Mar 2021

As India’s COVID-19 disaster continues to unfold, Africans in the country are facing grim health risks and financial hardships, with uncertain prospects of when they will be able to return home. For many Africans living in India, the...

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John Mbati

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COVID-19, Gender, and a More Equitable Response for Sub-Saharan Africa

15 Jun 2020

“Despite its global nature, the impacts of COVID-19 are not evenly distributed. The health, economic, social and political effects are hitting women harder across the globe, and across the African continent. It is time then to both...

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Gwen K. Young

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COVID-19 Stings: How COVID-19 Has Further Impoverished Poor Nigerians

10 Nov 2020

This photo-essay from Nigerian photographer Femi Amogunla features portraits of seven individuals impacted by COVID-19 in Oyo State, Nigeria. In 2019, over 92 million Nigerians lived in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $1.90 a day. A...

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Femi Amogunla

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