Analysis: Africa's progress and challenges in confronting pandemics--report

Africa: Ready to Respond | Think Global Health The changing story of a vulnerable continent better prepared to respond to pandemics Council on Foreign Relations

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While the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that Africa still has a long way to go before it develops the appropriate and robust health systems required to effectively respond to national and international health crises, the African continent has demonstrated the strength and resilience of its people in the face of this unprecedented disease. Its response and resilience is partly, if not largely, due to the experiences from past epidemics and decisions and actions that have strengthened Africa's health architecture at the continental, regional, and national levels.

A report generated by the Africa Pandemic Resilience initiative (a partnership between Future Africa Forum and Pandemic Action Network) highlights the immediate challenges that the continent faces, such as the limited manufacturing capacity for diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines, and it provides a coherent package of sustainable and collaborative initiatives to finance and address them. ...