Can African countries rely on vaccines to manage COVID-19?
Updated Every Month As COVID-19 social distancing interventions continue to be relaxed in many countries in favour of vaccine-led strategies, while new variants of COVID-19 continue to emerge, [...]
Are Africans getting the right combination of COVID-19 vaccines?
Updated Every Month March 1st marks one year since COVID-19 vaccines were first distributed by an African country. Since then, African countries have only been able to procure 633 million [...]
African countries had to spend billions to manage COVID-19 in 2021
Updated Every Month Our infographic series has demonstrated that in a number of ways, African countries are continuing to act in a globally responsible manner to manage COVID-19 despite [...]
African countries are being vilified for Omicron – here is the evidence how
Updated Every Month During November 2021, the WHO announced a new COVID-19 variant of concern – B.1.1.529 – now known commonly as Omicron. First detected by South Africa and sequenced by [...]
Is low vaccine access for African countries an anomaly? The data says no
Updated Every Month African Statistics Day is celebrated on the 18 November every year and the use of good reliable data has never been more important. Our research on COVID-19 – utilising public [...]
Over half of African citizens could have been protected by now
Updated Every Month To date, African countries have been able to secure just 121 million vaccine doses in order to minimise the effects of COVID-19. Of these, 72% have already been jabbed into [...]
