Learning from the experience of others – vaccine rollouts from around the world
“Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others’ experience.” ― Otto von...
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Category: WC-Covid-19
Zimbabwe: Have the lessons been learned? The signs aren’t good
Public reaction to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tweet announcing the death of Lands and Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri on July 29 summarised the polarised nature of the Zimbabwean society, while also serving as a barometer of the effectiveness of government policies in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Kenya: Forgotten promises, corruption and ‘relathieves’
Pressure has been piling up on the Kenya government to accelerate the national roll-out of its proposed Universal Health Coverage (UHC) plan in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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South Africa: The bigger pandemic is corruption
Few issues highlight the dilemma of policy-making more than the choices faced by African governments during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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When COVID-19 sways cash-strapped Cameroon into debt relief
Prior to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Cameroon, an oil exporter with a bloated bureaucracy, was still reeling from the 2014-2016 oil price collapse – one of the most significant oil price slumps in modern times.
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Ethiopia: Covid-19 puts the country’s politics in ICU
Itika Teferi, a singer in Afan Oromo, one of the widely spoken languages in Ethiopia, found himself inside the Millennium Hall, a kilometre away from Addis Ababa’s international airport, a couple of weeks ago.
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Tackling COVID-19 and looking beyond
On 7 January, 2020, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) published an article about ‘The top 10 crises the world should be watching in 2020.’
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C-19 in Kenya: Youth job scheme: a real deal or an empty promise?
Kenya launched an ambitious plan dubbed Kazi Mtaani in early June that sought to shield thousands of jobless young people from the biting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As Covid empties plates, is it time to go BIG?
South Africa already had a hunger crisis before the Covid-19 pandemic struck. As early as 2014, Oxfam reported that one in four South Africans went to bed hungry every day.
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Zimbabwe: caught between the pandemic and an incapable state
The Zimbabwean government’s plans to pay ZW$ 300 a month to a million households were screamed in a headline in the state-controlled Sunday Mail edition of 26 July.
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C-19 in Ethiopia: Cautious during the day, disarmed at night
Burial rituals are an elaborate affair in most of Ethiopia. Burials here have their roots in the Jewish culture of “Shiva”, and they are followed by a period of mourning in which an entire community is engaged as a show of solidarity with those who are grieving.
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Nigeria: Easing a lockdown, while ignoring WHO guidelines
From the get-go, the Nigerian authorities publicised precautions for people to keep safe against COVID-19 and ways through which they could prevent the spread of the disease.
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