The Covid-19 pandemic was a stark reminder of the role that global public health has for all aspects of our lives and livelihood. More so, it revealed important lessons about global cooperation in public health that must not be forgotten.
Despite the challenges of combating a once in a century pandemic including the yet untold numbers of lives lost and the economic hardship that came with lockdown measures there is also much to be celebrated and upheld. Global collaboration by scientists resulted in the record production of multiple vaccines effective against the virus, and it is imperative that countries collaborate to address this global threat.
Today, we are seeing the consequences of underinvestment in global public health. In Africa, for example, where more than 16% of the world’s population lives and where there has been significant development in the continent’s infrastructure and scientific capacity, yet only 3% of the world’s clinical trials are conducted.
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