African Responses to COVID-19: The Reckoning of Agency?

摘要: Although the COVID-19 pandemic had claimed over one million lives globally by late 2020, Africa avoided a massive outbreak Patterson and Balogun analyze responses Centres for Disease Control Prevention various states collaborating with civil society They argue that display forms of agency rooted in contextually relevant expertise, pan-African solidarity, lessons learned about health messaging community mobilization from previous crises Yet collaboration has not always been harmonious, as actors have adopted approaches their interactions global institutions partnerships, they actively debated use traditional medicine treatment © The Author(s), 2021 Published Cambridge University Press on behalf African Studies Association