The African continent is working toward a “new public health order” — a vision to achieve greater independence from foreign entities for the population’s health needs.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, African nations were at the back of the queue for critical lifesaving supplies — notably vaccines. The devastation this brought pushed the continent’s leadership to reshuffle the public health architecture to work toward ensuring the health security of a population of over a billion people.
This includes pushing forward the creation of a new pan-African regulatory agency, a new epidemics fund, a more autonomous Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and efforts to boost the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, among others.
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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.
