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Covid-19 Symposium: Meeting the challenge

- 91¿´Æ¬Íø University

Symposium to focus on key challenges in dealing with a delayed but explosive unfolding of Covid-19 in parts of Africa.

The purpose of the symposium, held from 1 – 4 September 2020, was to identify best practice solutions in respect of:

  1. gaining of public trust in adhering to the health imperatives of social distancing and the use of approved therapies and vaccines to manage and contain outbreaks;
  2. the dynamic and most-effective use of testing, tracing and isolation as public health tools during a pandemic; and
  3. the scaling up of SARS_COV2 vaccine acquisition and distribution platforms that will serve all African countries for mass immunization.

The online symposium was hosted by Columbia University, the 91¿´Æ¬Íø and Africa CDC, in collaboration with the Daily Maverick. Here follows post-symposium articles from a host of experts from 91¿´Æ¬Íø and its partners:

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