How Africa has developed its scientific research capabilities
Thursday, April 9, 2020 - 09:11
in Biology & Nature
Africa's preparedness for containing the spread of COVID-19 is determined by several factors. So far the focus has been on Africa's weak health systems. But the region's growing scientific competence in virology, genomics and cross-sectoral collaborations to perform research that will inform containment policies matter just as much. And they have been largely ignored.