On the frontlines: Africa’s unsung army of women wage war on COVID-19
NITA BHALLA and EMELINE WUILBERCQ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how women across Africa have taken up positions on the frontline of the battle to contain the coronavirus…
Using lessons from Ebola, West Africa prepares remote villages for coronavirus
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation West African countries are using community health systems set up after the Ebola outbreak to detect and prevent the spread of coronavirus in remote areas, health experts said on Wednesday. After Ebola swept through the region from 2014 to 2016, countries like Senegal trained community workers to proactively check for symptoms […]
POSTCARDS: WITH RESERVOIRS AT RISK, SIERRA LEONE’S CAPITAL CONFRONTS WATER CRISIS
NELLIE PEYTON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Freetown…