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1 March 2021

HIV/Aids, Covid-19: Africa’s place in global response is at the table

For Africa, the economic costs of the Covid-19 pandemic are high. PHOTO | AFP For Africa, the economic costs of the Covid-19 pandemic are high. PHOTO | AFP

BY AENEAS CHUMA
As Covid-19 swept across the globe, one thing became clear: a well-functioning, well-resourced, agile and resilient health system can mean the difference between life and death.
For Africa, the economic costs of the health pandemic were high. The prescription was often worse than the illness as Africa’s poor found themselves without work, food and even access to health care as economies were locked down across the continent in a bid to contain the virus.