Africa's preparedness for the Corona virus pandemic

AfriCan Geopardy

According to the latest figures by the Africa Center for Disease Control on, there are now over 5700 confirmed cases of Covid19, 196 deaths and 412 recoveries across 49 of the 55 countries in the African continent. The worst affected countries include South Africa, Egypt, Algeria and Morocco. Given the fragile conditions of Africa's health system, the low number of reported cases of the Coronavirus have puzzled foreign media and researchers alike, as they wonder whether this is due to inadequate detection mechanism, the climatic conditions of the continent or merely a fluke. In the April episode of AfriCan Geopardy, we speak to Abimbola Adebakin, a pharmacist and the Chief Executive Officer of Advantage Health Africa, a health technology group with a pharmacy franchise aimed at providing genuine, affordable and accessible medicines, about Africa's preparedness for Covid19. She identifies four areas that Africa must focus on to turn the tides of the virus - early detection, observation and treatment, control and finally, change of behaviour.