Decades of progress made against HIV and malaria in Africa could be wiped out in the face of the global pandemic
As the world economy goes into a slowdown and potentially into a global recession, the fallout for Africa’s economy and living standards could be dramatic, particularly because most African nations lack a widespread social safety net.
Lockdown orders, which have become a feature of tackling the coronavirus pandemic, could be catastrophic for millions of people that need to go to work and pay for medication. The director-general of the WHO described the impact that the coronavirus could have on HIV patients as, “the terrible prospect of half a million more people in Africa dying of AIDS-related illnesses is like stepping back into history.”The current number of coronavirus infections reported in Africa is almost at 80,000 and the death rate stands at just over 2,500 people.
The numbers, however, could be much higher owing to a nation’s capacity to test, detect and trace carriers of the virus. Many West African countries have fresh memories of the Ebola outbreak that struck the region in 2014 resulting in thousands of deaths and disruption to their socioeconomic life.
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