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Ep. 106: On the Verge: Leaders in Bioscience Discuss the State of Vaccines and Treatments
“We're going to need vaccines to create as widespread herd immunity as we can, but we're also goin
g to need drugs that are targeted against the virus that can provide immediate protection and also treat those who are already sick," says Regenero
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podcast episode
Ep. 105: Pioneering, with FOX’s Maria Bartiromo
“It goes back to opportunity and jobs....Government can only do so much. The private sector needs
to step up and ensure that they are creating opportunities for a broad swath of the population who don't have those opportunities.”
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video
From Success to Significance: A Legacy of Purpose for Longer Lives
Longer life means more time for family, friends and leisure, but the opportunities to make a diffe
rence in the world are bigger than that.
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video
Interview with Gayle Smith: Building Global Leadership for an Inclusive COVID-19 Recovery
COVID-19 Africa Watch talks to Gayle Smith, President and CEO of the ONE Campaign, about the globa
l response to COVID-19, inclusive access to an eventual vaccine, and the role of civil society in responding to the pandemic.
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video
Vivian Nwakah: Advancing Equitable Access to Safer Medication in Africa
COVID-19 Africa Watch talks to Vivian Nwakah, Founder and CEO of Medsaf, about addressing the inef
ficiencies and inequalities in African healthcare systems.
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video
Tunde Fafunwa: The Case for Digital Identity in Africa during and post-COVID-19
COVID-19 Africa Watch talks to Tunde Fafunwa, Lead Advisor for the UNECA Digital Centre for Excell
ence, about the importance of digital identity for economic recovery.
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video
Frank Aswani: Strengthening Africa’s Social Investment Ecosystem to Help Tackle COVID-19
COVID-19 Africa Watch talks to Dr. Frank Aswani about ways to bolster Africa’s social investment e
cosystem to help the continent’s economic recovery from the pandemic.
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article
Comment Letter: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – Medical Device User Fee Act (MDUFA)
Dear Commissioner Hahn:
article
Interview: Yawa Hansen-Quao on Strengthening Public Service and Civil Society to Build Back Better
Key Takeaways
Below are some of the main takeaways from COVID-19 Africa Watch’s conversation with Y
awa Hansen-Quao – Executive Director of Emerging Public Leaders – a youth-t
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article
What the Major COVID-19 Vaccine Announcements Mean for Nigeria
“Access is only the first challenge that will need to be addressed for widespread vaccination agains
t COVID-19 in Nigeria.
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article
Kenya’s Frontline Health Workers Are Dying From COVID-19
Hundreds of health workers in Kenya have contracted COVID-19 during the pandemic, and 31 have died f
rom the virus. Health workers are now asking for more protections, and a major trade union is preparing a strike.
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