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2021-05-24 14:56:01 GMT2021-05-24 22:56:01(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NAIROBI, May 24 (Xinhua) The next phase of the COVID-19 fight in Africa should place emphasis on enhanced surveillance and genomic sequencing to help identify new variants and limit the virus transmission, scientists said Monday during a virtual forum in Nairobi.
Uzma Alam, a senior program officer, Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science in Africa (DELTAS) said the continent s ability to flatten the COVID-19 curve hinges on better surveillance, diagnosis, contact tracing and vaccination. There is a need to foster cooperation at national and regional levels to improve surveillance of coronavirus transmission trends, conduct testing, and measure impact on public health systems, said Alam.
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Africa’s total research output is merely 1% of the world’s scientific research production and there are no indicators that the situation will improve in the near future, simply because there is insufficient funding for science on the continent, according to Elizabeth Marincola, a senior adviser for communications at the Nairobi-based African Academy of Sciences (AAS).
The issue is that, whereas all the 54 countries in the continent committed themselves to spending 1% of their gross domestic product to fund research and development by 2010, none has achieved that goal since the decision was endorsed by the African Union’s Executive Council in 2007.
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