Le continent africain aux prises avec la flambée de la troisième vague de COVID 19… et les autres grandes pathologies endémiques
Africa, which overcame the first wave of COVID in 2020, is hit hard in 2021 by a severe outbreak of the epidemic. How did we get here? How to stop the spread of contaminations?African peoples are paying the price for the shortage of screening tests, the weakness of hospital care structures, and a “v...
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| Language: | English |
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Université des Antilles
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Études Caribéennes |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/22195 |
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| Summary: | Africa, which overcame the first wave of COVID in 2020, is hit hard in 2021 by a severe outbreak of the epidemic. How did we get here? How to stop the spread of contaminations?African peoples are paying the price for the shortage of screening tests, the weakness of hospital care structures, and a “vaccine apartheid” between rich and poor countries, which reduces the rate of the African population vaccinated around 3%.The economic and social consequences of the worsening epidemic are considerable on the continent. Despite relative economic resilience, which is very uneven between states, the pandemic has led to the worsening of unemployment, poverty and food insecurity, the deterioration of the situation of women and children, as well as the general degradation of healthcare, of health and the disarray of the populations.Stopping the accelerating epidemic in Africa is a global problem. African states, supported by some leaders of developed countries, have called for emergency measures, a New Deal for Africa, including access to vaccines.In June 2021, the G7 Summit pledged US $80 billion investment in the African private sector, spread over 5 years. For its part, the IMF has estimated the additional needs at US $425 billion, to fight the pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, and reduce the poverty it generates. It released 23.73 billion SDRs for Africa in August 21. |
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| ISSN: | 1779-0980 1961-859X |