Tunisia

ADF STAFF With many African countries experiencing a lull in COVID-19 infections, public health leaders say now is the time to prepare for a possible next wave that could begin as soon as late April. “The fifth wave is likely to break…

ADF STAFF A Tunisian tech company’s artificial intelligence (AI) software is part of a new venture to identify potentially deadly COVID-19 variants before they spread. InstaDeep was founded in Tunis in 2014 with just $2,000 to develop…

ADF STAFF Tunisian youths are being recognized for their efforts to educate the public about COVID-19. In January 2022, Aziz Zaguia, who works with the United Nations Volunteers program, won the U.N.’s Tunisia Volunteer Award for his…

ADF STAFF The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed health systems in many African countries to the breaking point. But there is some good news amid the challenges: The continent has seen a boom in health care technology, including telemedicine,…

ADF STAFF Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, people are increasingly going digital to search for health information, make medical appointments and get test results. Many African governments have responded to a World Health…

ADF STAFF Last year, Margaret Ilomuanya was unable to find her aunt’s hypertension medicine in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, for nearly three months. Her experience was common in Africa, where every country suffered some degree of…

ADF STAFF In video widely circulated in mid-July, a hospital director in Mateur, Tunisia, was seen breaking down in tears as a national shortage of medical oxygen threatened the lives of COVID-19 patients. “People are dying in front…