Our Approach to COVID-19 in Africa
Since the virus emerged late last year, COVID-19 has largely been a disease of the Global North. Its worst and deadliest effects have been felt in Europe, East Asia, and North America. But that is likely to change. As the pandemic reaches its peak and begins to slow in these places, epidemiological models suggest it will accelerate in developing nations—including those in sub-Saharan Africa.
I also stand ready to help. The entire Gates Foundation does. And, in fact, we are already working with our African partners to accomplish four goals during this pandemic: The first area is where the bulk of our work has been focused since the outbreak. We’ve helped stand up Emergency Operations Centers , for example, and have been working with partners like the World Bank Group and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa.
These steps are vitally important but even as we work to tackle this emergency, we are also taking a longer-term view.
Ultimately, the short-term and long-term components of our strategy go hand-in-hand, and elements of an emergency response can be useful long after the crisis has passed. For example, we’re working very hard to help stabilize the market for medical supplies that COVID-19 patients need like oxygen. In the future, those same oxygen systems will also save the lives of newborns and other people who need them.
In the end, our approach to fighting COVID-19 in Africa is the same as our approach to the all the foundation’s past work there: it’s about reducing inequality.
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