Education & Health Policy

Double Standards Redux: The Ethics of Future Covid-19 Vaccine Research

By Godfrey Tangwa|2021-12-14T12:43:39+00:00April 14th, 2021|Categories: covid19, Education & Health Policy, Health, Publications|Tags: , , |

The global response to Covid-19 has been heavily tilted towards vaccines to the neglect of treatments; in fact, from the very onset of the epidemic we’ve hardly been hearing about treatments but only about vaccines, as if vaccines are the treatment.

The Promise of Digital Health In Africa

By Dr. Odette KIBU|2021-12-14T12:45:56+00:00March 8th, 2021|Categories: Education & Health Policy, Publications|Tags: |

Achieving the promise of digital healthcare technology however, while avoiding its potential pitfalls, will require a comprehensive, systematic approach based on the principles of sustainability, equity and inclusion. This is because to ensure the use of digital technology to access health care services

Impact of Covid-19 on the Continuum of Care

By Wilfred NGWA|2021-12-14T12:47:19+00:00March 8th, 2021|Categories: covid19, Education & Health Policy, Publications|Tags: , , |

As researchers still battle to find a vaccine, and the absence of pre-existing immunity due to the novelty of the virus, there are several reasons to foresee devastating consequences of large outbreaks of COVID-19 in Africa’s routine health care activities. Possible reasons for these expected devastating...

Low Covid-19 Cases In Africa. What Explains This?

By Nkafu Policy Institute|2021-02-09T15:01:46+00:00January 20th, 2021|Categories: Education & Health Policy, Publications|Tags: |

One of the most widely accepted reason accounting for the low number of COVID 19 cases observed in the African continent is the youthful nature of the population inhabiting the continent. As shown in Figure 3, the population pyramid for Africa suggests that only about 3.5% of Africans

Armed Conflict and COVID 19: the Ramifications on the Educational Sector in the NW/SW Regions of Cameroon

By Tazoacha Francis|2021-01-22T10:50:53+00:00November 19th, 2020|Categories: covid19, Education & Health Policy, Peace & Security, Publications|Tags: , , , |

The NW/SW regions have unfortunately become the theatre of such a ravaging disaster since four years ago triggered by accumulated layers of grievances meted on the consciousness of the Anglophone population in these regions of the country in tandem with marginalization particularly in the educational and legal systems by...

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