Africa: Can There Be a Democratic Public Health? From HIV/Aids to COVID-19

[African Arguments] As we are re-learning with the coronavirus pandemic, the outbreak and global spread of a novel disease, which has neither vaccine nor proven cure, causes panic. More precisely, it causes political leaders and communities to resort to behaviours that intensify confusion and anxiety. Meanwhile, despite expert assurances to the contrary, public health 'best practices' are at best well-informed projections with the uncertainty factors on mute. At worst they can be superstitions.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news