Why Global Health Research Needs More African Leadership

Adesina and colleagues through their published article titled, ‘The COVID-19 Pandemic response and the new era of austerity in Africa’ discussed how the economic backslide that swept the African continent since the COVID-19 lockdown was a result of a misaligned response. According to them, the pandemic response policies were predominantly designed for high income countries and instead imposed in under-developed and developing African contexts. In their paper, Adesina et al draw on evidence from Angola in the Southern part of Africa, Nigeria from the West and Uganda in the East. An unfortunate reality they discuss highlights how in many African countries, the […] The post Why Global Health Research Needs More African Leadership appeared first on African Arguments.