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. 2020 Oct 15;183(2):296-300.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.09.041.

Africa Needs a New Public Health Order to Tackle Infectious Disease Threats

John N Nkengasong  1 , Sofonias K Tessema  2
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Africa Needs a New Public Health Order to Tackle Infectious Disease Threats

John N Nkengasong et al. Cell. .

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has revealed that Africa needs a new public health order to be resilient, to adapt, and to cope with 21st-century disease threats. The new order will need strengthened continental and national public health institutions; local manufacturing of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics; attraction, training, and retention of a public health workforce; and fostering of respectful local and international partnerships.

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Timeline of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases in Africa from 1950 to 2020
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A Map of Emerging, Re-emerging, and Other Diseases Reported to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in 2020 The size of the circles corresponds to the number of reported cases compiled as of August 28, 2020.
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