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African leadership is critical in responding to public health threats

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  • Nicaise Ndembi

    (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
    University of Maryland School of Medicine)

  • Aggrey Aluso

    (Resilience Action Network Africa)

  • Mahlet K. Habtemariam

    (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC))

  • Landry Tsague

    (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC))

  • Gwen Mwaba

    (African Export-Import (Afrexim) Bank)

  • Abdu Muktar

    (African Development Bank (AfDB))

  • Nafisa Jiwani

    (U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC))

  • Krishna Udayakumar

    (Duke Global Health Innovation Center)

  • Trevor A. Crowell

    (Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine)

  • Alain Ngashi Ngongo

    (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC))

  • Jean Kaseya

    (Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC))

Abstract

The African continent demonstrated decisive leadership throughout its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, leveraging lessons learned from previous outbreaks and acting quickly to limit the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. We propose a framework to build on these successes that calls for greater collaboration between African leaders, and greater inclusion of African voices in the global health ecosystem.

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  • Nicaise Ndembi & Aggrey Aluso & Mahlet K. Habtemariam & Landry Tsague & Gwen Mwaba & Abdu Muktar & Nafisa Jiwani & Krishna Udayakumar & Trevor A. Crowell & Alain Ngashi Ngongo & Jean Kaseya, 2024. "African leadership is critical in responding to public health threats," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-2, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-45220-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45220-3
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    1. John N. Nkengasong & Nicaise Ndembi & Akhona Tshangela & Tajudeen Raji, 2020. "COVID-19 vaccines: how to ensure Africa has access," Nature, Nature, vol. 586(7828), pages 197-199, October.
    2. Nicaise Ndembi, 2023. "Africa: a new dawn for local vaccine manufacture," Nature, Nature, vol. 619(7971), pages 698-698, July.
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