Africa urgently needs to guarantee its own health security.
Credit: Brian Inganga/AP/ShutterstockMultilateralism will always be crucial to preventing and responding to epidemics and pandemics. But Africa will be able to benefit from the advances it has made in disease surveillance only if its approach to public health is reconfigured towards self-reliance. This could be achieved in five steps.
Invest in early-warning systems. Ultimately, Africa — and the world — needs effective surveillance to detect and characterize deadly pathogens before they spread across the globe. Such systems must integrate the surveillance of disease in people, animals and the environment. Since February 2020, those involved in the One Health programme at the Africa CDC have been trying to foster this holistic approach — mainly by bringing together people working in these different areas.
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