Africa’s Covid-19 situation is complex: while most sub-Saharan countries seem to be coping overall, things are playing out quite differently in South Africa, which accounts for half of the continent’s Covid-19 cases and deaths. Yet despite unreliable data, a dearth of testing, and staffing shortages, Africans’ resilience and will to tackle the crisis provide at least some room for hope.

The current Covid-19 crisis in Africa is unfolding differently than it has in Europe, yet its secondary effects are just as dire. In order to handle this and other such crises – events that are nothing new for the continent – it will be vitally important to formulate an approach to emergencies that can be integrated into long-term health system development plans.

A three-pronged approach to the fight against Covid-19: working with institutions and decisionmakers; giving ongoing assistance to communities; raising awareness and providing information.

In South Sudan, whose human development index value positions it at 187 out of 189 countries and territories, the Covid-19 pandemic is “a crisis on top of a crisis”

Once again we are seeing one of the most critical secondary effects of health crises like the current pandemic: a drop in outpatient visits and hospitalizations. However, use of assisted deliveries and other emergency services continues more or less unabated. Here’s what the situation looks like in Wolisso, Ethiopia.

We conducted a retrospective study in partnership with the University of Padua to assess the outcome for medical students and residents of CUAMM’s training opportunities inAfrica.The findings? Plenty of satisfaction and growth, both professional and personal, including greater empathy and understanding of social inequalities.

Global logistics will play an increasingly important role in the response to future complex emergencies. We asked Giuseppe Saba, logistics expert and CEO of International Humanitarian City, for deeper insight into the issue that Covid-19 has brought to the world’s attention.