COVID-19

ADF STAFF The U.S. government in early March delivered 200 new medical emergency beds to Namibia to help the country offer extra capacity to treat patients during the global pandemic. The beds are designed for medical emergencies and…

ADF STAFF The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer that will bring COVID-19 pills to the continent. Pfizer’s Paxlovid pills are…

ADF STAFF When COVID-19 hit Uganda in March 2020, teacher Ocwee Irene Trends knew she had to take drastic action. The country entered into a strict lockdown and closed all the schools. Ocwee had a feeling it would be a long time…

ADF STAFF After weathering four waves of COVID-19 infections, African nations are trying to take the lessons learned and use them to prepare health systems for the future. “As long as we remain vigilant and we act intensively, the…

ADF STAFF In a building near O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, a Labrador retriever named MacGyver shows off his detective skills in a demonstration that takes only seconds. Trained to smell the…

ADF STAFF Scientists are tracking the latest variation of the COVID-19 virus dubbed “deltacron” because it appears to be a hybrid of the delta and omicron variants. First identified in Cyprus, the deltacron variant has appeared in low…

ADF STAFF The U.S. government in early March announced that it will provide an additional $10.6 million toward Nigeria’s COVID-19 response. Delivered through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the funds will…

ADF STAFF As COVID-19 cases are plateauing in South Africa, experts are urging the country not to forget the lessons it learned from its two-year battle to control the virus. Veronica Ueckermann, an adjunct professor at the University…

ADF STAFF In confronting future waves of COVID-19, policymakers are faced with a difficult question: How restrictive should lockdowns be? After two years of the pandemic, with immunity levels slowly rising alongside fatigue, the…

ADF STAFF With the worst of Africa’s omicron wave retreating, the continent’s public health experts urge nations to take the opportunity to get ready for the next wave of COVID-19. “We may be tired, but the virus is not tired,” Dr.…