South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will lead fundraising for the Africa Epidemics Fund — a new pool of finance to assist countries in preparation and response to disease threats on the continent.
This is an African Union effort aimed at ensuring African nations are not left scrambling for resources to ensure health security of populations — as was the case at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Acting Director Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma said he expects this fund will give the pan-African public health agency “very much-needed relief” in accessing health system strengthening resources, “so that Africa is always ready.”
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Sara Jervingsarajerving
Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
