April-May 2020

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APRIL The Impact of COVID-19 and Government Policies on African Startups, Emmanuel Paul, Techpoint Africa, 28 April 2020 Covid-19 Threatens to Starve Africa, Jessica Fanzo, Bloomberg, 27 April 2020 WHO Warns Aainst 'Immunity Passports' as Global Virus Deaths Top 200,000, Radio France Internationale, 26 April 2020 6 Amazing African Innovations Against COVID-19: A Cure from Physics?, Emmanuel Paul, Techpoint Africa, 23 April 2020 In the Time of COVID-19, African Leaders Must Put Their People's Health First, Laura A. Bagnetto, Radio France Internationale, 15 April 2020 This is What is Will Take to Get Us Back Outside, Gideon Lichfield, MIT Technology Review, 12 April 2020 MAY

Africa And The Coronavirus Challenge: The Impact Of Covid-19 On The Continent, Nicolas Germain, France 24, 28 May 2020

Akufo-Addo Committed To Equitable Distribution Of Health Facilities, Graphic Online, 28 May 2020

Coronavirus Cuts Different Paths Across Africa, Anita Powell, VOA, 28 May 2020

Opinion: Lessons From Liberia — What We Learned From The Fight Against Ebola, Marion Subah and Dr. Bernice Dahn, DevEx, 28 May 2020

Strengthening Africa’s Ability To ‘Decode’ The Coronavirus, Sara Jerving, 28 May 2020

What’s the Risk of Catching Coronavirus From a Surface?, T. Parker-Pope, The New York Times, 28 May 2020

Lack Of Covid-19 Testing Undermines Africa's 'Success', Anne Soy, BBC News, 27 May 2020

Opinion: A Reminder During COVID-19 — Africa Is Not A Monolith, Hloni Bookholane, DevEx, 27 May 2020

Locusts, COVID-19, Flooding Pose ‘Triple Threat’ In Africa, Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press, 21 May 2020

4 Lessons on Training Providers During a Pandemic, M. Rodrigues and E. Beck, PSI, 14 May 2020

African Startups Are Under Threat, And Governments Need To Save Them, Emmanuel Paul, Techpoint Africa, 7 May 2020

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June-August 2020

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JUNE

Opinion: Effective conservation can help stop the next public health crisis, Aili Kang, M.D., DevEx, 18 June 2020

West Africa Takes Tentative Steps to Re-Open Region After Covid-19 Crisis, Text By Radio France Internationale, Radio France Internationale, 18 June 2020

Opinion: Weak Health Systems Kill—Here’s How We Can Stop That from Happening, M. Ballard, DevEx, 5 June 2020

Opinion: Building on Past Success to Prevent a COVID-19 Related Food Crisis, N. Amerasinghe and A. Guerra, DevEx, 4 June 2020

The Long Journey to Herd Immunity, A. Snyder and E.D. O’Reilly, Axios, 4 June 2020

Reasoning Beyond the Respiratory, John Hopkins University: Global Health Now, 3 June 2020

WHO Warns Against Overuse of Antibiotics to Tackle Coronavirus, Radio France Internationale, 2 June 2020

Q&A: Obesity a Major Risk Factor for COVID-19 Hospitalization, Katie Pearce, John Hopkins University, 1 June 2020

JULY

Standard Chartered and UK Export Finance Back Ghana Hospital Build, Felix Thompson, Global Trade Review, 29 July 2020 COVID-19: The 14 Most Common Symptoms in Ghana, Kweku Zurek, Graphic Online, 28 July 2020 Ghana Receives $69m Grant from African Development Bank Group for its COVID-19 Response Plan, Business World Ghana, 28 July 2020 How Well is Ghana—With One of The Best Testing Capacities in Africa—Responding to COVID-19?, J. Zhang et al., Brookings, 28 July 2020 Ghanaian President Announces Easing of COVID-19 Restrictions, Diario AS, 27 July 2020 Ghana Says Budget Deficit to More than Double on Oil Crash and COVID-19, E. Dontoh et al., Bloomberg, 23 July 2020 Over 2,000 Health Care Works in Ghana Have Been Infected with Coronavirus, Zaina Adamu, CNN, 18 July 2020 170 School Heads, Teachers in Lower Manya Trained on Coronavirus Etiquette, Michael Oberteye, Ghana Web, 16 July 2020 Ghana’s Death Statistics and COVID-19: There are Worse Killers, Peter Twumasi, M.D., PhD, Graphic Online, 13 July 2020 90% of Ghana’s Ministry of Education Contracted COVID-19, Diario AS, 11 July 2020 Making Sense of the Research on COVID-19 and Masks, Benjamin W. Abott et al, Brigham Young University, 19 July 2020 Immunity to COVID-19 Could Disappear in Months, a New Study Suggests, Charlotte Jee, MIT Technology Review, 13 July 2020 COVID-19 Impact on Agriculture: Assessment of Recovery Efforts, Africa News, 9 July 2020 These Are the Factors that Put You at Higher Risk of Dying from COVID-19, Charlotte Jee, MIT Technology Review, 9 July 2020 8 Ways to Go Out and Stay Safe During the Coronavirus Pandemic, German Lopez, Vox, 3 July 2020 How COVID-19 Has Advanced the Case for Procurement Reform, Catherine Cheney, DevEx, 1 July 2020

Targeting False Information on COVID-19: What the Funding Data Shows, Lisa Cornish, DevEx, 1 July 2020

AUGUST

What if ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Closer than Scientists Thought?’, Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 17 August 2020 Poor Environmental Cleanliness has Direct Correlation to Coronavirus - NCCE, Gideon Ebbah, Ghana Web, 13 August 2020 Population Immunity is Slowing Down the Pandemic in Parts of the U.S., Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review, 11 August 2020 A Decade In, It's Time to Supercharge the Giving Pledge, Philip E. Auerswald, Gabrielle Daines Gay, and Efosa Ojomo, Harvard Business Review, 4 August 2020 ‘The Biggest Monster’ Is Spreading. And It’s Not the Coronavirus., Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 3 August 2020 WHO COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Progress Report- 1 February to 30 June 2020, WHO, 2 August 2020

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September-November 2020

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SEPTEMBER Four Different Family Members. Four Different Covid-19 Outcomes., Sumathi Reddy, Wall Street Journal, 28 September 2020 The Coronavirus is Mutating — Does it Matter?, Ewen Callaway, Nature, 16 September 2020 Coronavirus Can Be Deadly for Young Adults, Too, Study Finds, New York Times, 10 September 2020 What is Coronavirus?, Knvul Sheikh and Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 9 September 2020 COVID-19 Antibodies Last for at Least Four Months After Recovery, Amanda Heidt, The Scientist, 2 September 2020 Ghanaian Times: Flying in and out Ghana amid Coronavirus, Ghana Web, 2 September 2020 OCTOBER Why Schools Probably Aren't COVID Hotspots, Dyani Lewis, Nature, 29 October 2020 How sleep protects us from Covid-19, Matthew Walker, PhD., CNN, 15 October 2020 'Extremely Robust' Covid-19 Virus Reportedly Lasts 28 Days On Glass And Currency, Robert Hart, Forbes, 12 October 2020 Scientists’ Advice for Ways to Ward off the Coronavirus, Shawna Williams, The Scientist, 9 October 2020 3 Questions: Why Getting Ahead of Covid-19 Requires Modeling More Than a Health Crisis, Chu Jennifer, MIT Technology Review, 6 October 2020 MIT Researchers and Collaborators Work to Prepare Manufacturers for Future Crises, Stefanie Koperniak, MIT Technology Review, 2 October 2020 Wielding Fear, Bob Grant, The Scientist, 1 October 2020 NOVEMBER COVID Research Updates: How 45 Countries Rank on Coronavirus Infections, Nature, 2 November 2020

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March-May 2021

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MARCH Why Indoor Spaces Are Still Prime COVID Spots, Dyani Lewis, Nature, 30 March 2021 Five Reasons Why COVID Herd Immunity Is Probably Impossible, Christie Aschwanden, Nature, 18 March 2021 Politics, Not Science, May Be Behind Suspensions of AstraZeneca’s COVID Vaccine, Alex Knapp and Leah Rosenbaum, Forbes, 15 March 2021 Pregnancy and COVID: What the Data Say, Nidhi Subbaraman, Nature, 9 March 2021 Drones Are Now Being Used to Deliver COVID-19 Vaccines, Sai Balasubramanian, J.D., Forbes, 6 March 2021 COVAX COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin in Africa, Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 3 March 2021 The Search for Animals Harbouring Coronavirus-- And Why It Matters, Smriti Mallapaty, Nature, 2 March 2021 APRIL Social Distancing Indoors May Provide ‘False Sense of Security,’ COVID transmission Study Finds, Kim Bellware, The Washington Post, 28 April 2021 How COVID Hurt the Fight Against Other Dangerous Diseases, Leslie Roberts, Nature, 21 April 2021 How COVID Spurred Africa to Plot a Vaccines Revolution, Aisling Irwin, Nature, 21 April 2021 The Race for Antiviral Drugs to Beat COVID-- And the Next Pandemic, Elie Dolgin, Nature, 14 April 2021

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December 2020 -February 2021

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DECEMBER How COVID-19 is Changing the Cold and Flu Season, Nicola Jones, Nature, 15 December 2020 Explained: Why RNA Vaccines for COVID-19 Raced to the Front of the Pack, Anne Trafton, MIT Technology Review, 11 December 2020 JANUARY COVID-19 Rarely Spreads Through Surfaces. So Why Are We Still Deep Cleaning?, Dyani Lewis, Nature, 29 January 2021 Rogue Antibodies Could Be Driving Severe COVID-19, Roxanne Khamsi, Nature, 19 January 2021 Ghana President Warns of Health System Overload as COVID Cases Soar, Reuters, U.S. News, 17 January 2021 How COVID Unlocked the Power of RNA Vaccines, Elie Dolgin, Nature, 12 January 2021 FEBRUARY Bill Gates Warns Post-COVID Return to Normal Could Take All 2022, Jonathan Ponciano, Forbes, 28 February 2021 Ghana Becomes First Nation to Receive Vaccines from WHO-Backed Covax Initiative, Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 24 February 2021 The Coronavirus is Here to Stay-- Here’s What That Means, Nicky Phillips, Nature, 16 February 2021

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April-May 2020

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APRIL The Impact of COVID-19 and Government Policies on African Startups, Emmanuel Paul, Techpoint Africa, 28 April 2020 Covid-19 Threatens to Starve Africa, Jessica Fanzo, Bloomberg, 27 April 2020 WHO Warns Aainst 'Immunity Passports' as Global Virus Deaths Top 200,000, Radio France Internationale, 26 April 2020 6 Amazing African Innovations Against COVID-19: A Cure from Physics?, Emmanuel Paul, Techpoint Africa, 23 April 2020 In the Time of COVID-19, African Leaders Must Put Their People's Health First, Laura A. Bagnetto, Radio France Internationale, 15 April 2020 This is What is Will Take to Get Us Back Outside, Gideon Lichfield, MIT Technology Review, 12 April 2020 MAY

Africa And The Coronavirus Challenge: The Impact Of Covid-19 On The Continent, Nicolas Germain, France 24, 28 May 2020

Akufo-Addo Committed To Equitable Distribution Of Health Facilities, Graphic Online, 28 May 2020

Coronavirus Cuts Different Paths Across Africa, Anita Powell, VOA, 28 May 2020

Opinion: Lessons From Liberia — What We Learned From The Fight Against Ebola, Marion Subah and Dr. Bernice Dahn, DevEx, 28 May 2020

Strengthening Africa’s Ability To ‘Decode’ The Coronavirus, Sara Jerving, 28 May 2020

What’s the Risk of Catching Coronavirus From a Surface?, T. Parker-Pope, The New York Times, 28 May 2020

Lack Of Covid-19 Testing Undermines Africa's 'Success', Anne Soy, BBC News, 27 May 2020

Opinion: A Reminder During COVID-19 — Africa Is Not A Monolith, Hloni Bookholane, DevEx, 27 May 2020

Locusts, COVID-19, Flooding Pose ‘Triple Threat’ In Africa, Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press, 21 May 2020

4 Lessons on Training Providers During a Pandemic, M. Rodrigues and E. Beck, PSI, 14 May 2020

African Startups Are Under Threat, And Governments Need To Save Them, Emmanuel Paul, Techpoint Africa, 7 May 2020

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June-August 2020

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JUNE

Opinion: Effective conservation can help stop the next public health crisis, Aili Kang, M.D., DevEx, 18 June 2020

West Africa Takes Tentative Steps to Re-Open Region After Covid-19 Crisis, Text By Radio France Internationale, Radio France Internationale, 18 June 2020

Opinion: Weak Health Systems Kill—Here’s How We Can Stop That from Happening, M. Ballard, DevEx, 5 June 2020

Opinion: Building on Past Success to Prevent a COVID-19 Related Food Crisis, N. Amerasinghe and A. Guerra, DevEx, 4 June 2020

The Long Journey to Herd Immunity, A. Snyder and E.D. O’Reilly, Axios, 4 June 2020

Reasoning Beyond the Respiratory, John Hopkins University: Global Health Now, 3 June 2020

WHO Warns Against Overuse of Antibiotics to Tackle Coronavirus, Radio France Internationale, 2 June 2020

Q&A: Obesity a Major Risk Factor for COVID-19 Hospitalization, Katie Pearce, John Hopkins University, 1 June 2020

JULY

Standard Chartered and UK Export Finance Back Ghana Hospital Build, Felix Thompson, Global Trade Review, 29 July 2020 COVID-19: The 14 Most Common Symptoms in Ghana, Kweku Zurek, Graphic Online, 28 July 2020 Ghana Receives $69m Grant from African Development Bank Group for its COVID-19 Response Plan, Business World Ghana, 28 July 2020 How Well is Ghana—With One of The Best Testing Capacities in Africa—Responding to COVID-19?, J. Zhang et al., Brookings, 28 July 2020 Ghanaian President Announces Easing of COVID-19 Restrictions, Diario AS, 27 July 2020 Ghana Says Budget Deficit to More than Double on Oil Crash and COVID-19, E. Dontoh et al., Bloomberg, 23 July 2020 Over 2,000 Health Care Works in Ghana Have Been Infected with Coronavirus, Zaina Adamu, CNN, 18 July 2020 170 School Heads, Teachers in Lower Manya Trained on Coronavirus Etiquette, Michael Oberteye, Ghana Web, 16 July 2020 Ghana’s Death Statistics and COVID-19: There are Worse Killers, Peter Twumasi, M.D., PhD, Graphic Online, 13 July 2020 90% of Ghana’s Ministry of Education Contracted COVID-19, Diario AS, 11 July 2020 Making Sense of the Research on COVID-19 and Masks, Benjamin W. Abott et al, Brigham Young University, 19 July 2020 Immunity to COVID-19 Could Disappear in Months, a New Study Suggests, Charlotte Jee, MIT Technology Review, 13 July 2020 COVID-19 Impact on Agriculture: Assessment of Recovery Efforts, Africa News, 9 July 2020 These Are the Factors that Put You at Higher Risk of Dying from COVID-19, Charlotte Jee, MIT Technology Review, 9 July 2020 8 Ways to Go Out and Stay Safe During the Coronavirus Pandemic, German Lopez, Vox, 3 July 2020 How COVID-19 Has Advanced the Case for Procurement Reform, Catherine Cheney, DevEx, 1 July 2020

Targeting False Information on COVID-19: What the Funding Data Shows, Lisa Cornish, DevEx, 1 July 2020

AUGUST

What if ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Closer than Scientists Thought?’, Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 17 August 2020 Poor Environmental Cleanliness has Direct Correlation to Coronavirus - NCCE, Gideon Ebbah, Ghana Web, 13 August 2020 Population Immunity is Slowing Down the Pandemic in Parts of the U.S., Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review, 11 August 2020 A Decade In, It's Time to Supercharge the Giving Pledge, Philip E. Auerswald, Gabrielle Daines Gay, and Efosa Ojomo, Harvard Business Review, 4 August 2020 ‘The Biggest Monster’ Is Spreading. And It’s Not the Coronavirus., Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 3 August 2020 WHO COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Progress Report- 1 February to 30 June 2020, WHO, 2 August 2020

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September-November 2020

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SEPTEMBER Four Different Family Members. Four Different Covid-19 Outcomes., Sumathi Reddy, Wall Street Journal, 28 September 2020 The Coronavirus is Mutating — Does it Matter?, Ewen Callaway, Nature, 16 September 2020 Coronavirus Can Be Deadly for Young Adults, Too, Study Finds, New York Times, 10 September 2020 What is Coronavirus?, Knvul Sheikh and Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 9 September 2020 COVID-19 Antibodies Last for at Least Four Months After Recovery, Amanda Heidt, The Scientist, 2 September 2020 Ghanaian Times: Flying in and out Ghana amid Coronavirus, Ghana Web, 2 September 2020 OCTOBER Why Schools Probably Aren't COVID Hotspots, Dyani Lewis, Nature, 29 October 2020 How sleep protects us from Covid-19, Matthew Walker, PhD., CNN, 15 October 2020 'Extremely Robust' Covid-19 Virus Reportedly Lasts 28 Days On Glass And Currency, Robert Hart, Forbes, 12 October 2020 Scientists’ Advice for Ways to Ward off the Coronavirus, Shawna Williams, The Scientist, 9 October 2020 3 Questions: Why Getting Ahead of Covid-19 Requires Modeling More Than a Health Crisis, Chu Jennifer, MIT Technology Review, 6 October 2020 MIT Researchers and Collaborators Work to Prepare Manufacturers for Future Crises, Stefanie Koperniak, MIT Technology Review, 2 October 2020 Wielding Fear, Bob Grant, The Scientist, 1 October 2020 NOVEMBER COVID Research Updates: How 45 Countries Rank on Coronavirus Infections, Nature, 2 November 2020

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March-May 2021

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MARCH Why Indoor Spaces Are Still Prime COVID Spots, Dyani Lewis, Nature, 30 March 2021 Five Reasons Why COVID Herd Immunity Is Probably Impossible, Christie Aschwanden, Nature, 18 March 2021 Politics, Not Science, May Be Behind Suspensions of AstraZeneca’s COVID Vaccine, Alex Knapp and Leah Rosenbaum, Forbes, 15 March 2021 Pregnancy and COVID: What the Data Say, Nidhi Subbaraman, Nature, 9 March 2021 Drones Are Now Being Used to Deliver COVID-19 Vaccines, Sai Balasubramanian, J.D., Forbes, 6 March 2021 COVAX COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin in Africa, Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 3 March 2021 The Search for Animals Harbouring Coronavirus-- And Why It Matters, Smriti Mallapaty, Nature, 2 March 2021 APRIL Social Distancing Indoors May Provide ‘False Sense of Security,’ COVID transmission Study Finds, Kim Bellware, The Washington Post, 28 April 2021 How COVID Hurt the Fight Against Other Dangerous Diseases, Leslie Roberts, Nature, 21 April 2021 How COVID Spurred Africa to Plot a Vaccines Revolution, Aisling Irwin, Nature, 21 April 2021 The Race for Antiviral Drugs to Beat COVID-- And the Next Pandemic, Elie Dolgin, Nature, 14 April 2021

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December 2020 -February 2021

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DECEMBER How COVID-19 is Changing the Cold and Flu Season, Nicola Jones, Nature, 15 December 2020 Explained: Why RNA Vaccines for COVID-19 Raced to the Front of the Pack, Anne Trafton, MIT Technology Review, 11 December 2020 JANUARY COVID-19 Rarely Spreads Through Surfaces. So Why Are We Still Deep Cleaning?, Dyani Lewis, Nature, 29 January 2021 Rogue Antibodies Could Be Driving Severe COVID-19, Roxanne Khamsi, Nature, 19 January 2021 Ghana President Warns of Health System Overload as COVID Cases Soar, Reuters, U.S. News, 17 January 2021 How COVID Unlocked the Power of RNA Vaccines, Elie Dolgin, Nature, 12 January 2021 FEBRUARY Bill Gates Warns Post-COVID Return to Normal Could Take All 2022, Jonathan Ponciano, Forbes, 28 February 2021 Ghana Becomes First Nation to Receive Vaccines from WHO-Backed Covax Initiative, Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 24 February 2021 The Coronavirus is Here to Stay-- Here’s What That Means, Nicky Phillips, Nature, 16 February 2021

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