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The African Union – mainly through its Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) – has done well in trying to acquire Covid-19 vaccines for the continent as part of its commendable approach to tackling the pandemic in general. But Africa CDC Director John Nkengasong isn’t getting as much help as he would like from the international community – or even from all African governments. Advertisement ‘We are seeing vaccine nationalism, explicitly and implicitly,’ the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Chief Economist Gita Gopinath warned on ITV last week. ‘We...

The African Union – mainly through its Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) – has done well in trying to acquire Covid-19 vaccines for the continent as part of its commendable approach to tackling the pandemic in general.  But Africa CDC Director John Nkengasong isn’t getting as much help as he would like from the international community – or even from all African governments.  “We are seeing vaccine nationalism, explicitly and implicitly,” the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Chief Economist Gita Gopinath warned on ITV last week. “We are seeing...

The World Health Organization calculates that Africa has administered only 2% of the global Covid-19 vaccine jabs. But the continent is struggling to meet its vaccination targets for other reasons that aren’t as simple as they might seem.