Hi,

In the aftermath of COVID-19, the Africa Group, among others, has played a pivotal role in shaping and influencing global health negotiations to reform the architecture to govern health emergencies.

This year when global health is in the throes of transition, the continent finds itself facing hard choices: balancing bilateral aspirations often influenced by grim realities, while articulating its interests at the multilateral level.

In today’s edition, I am very pleased to publish a contribution by Paul Adepoju, who analyzes the role of key African institutions on the continent as they hold the mantle of leadership and sovereignty in the backdrop of ever-evolving geopolitics and trade pressures. Adepoju is a senior journalist based in Nigeria.

Thank you for reading.

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I. GHF ANALYSIS

Who Speaks for Africa in Global Health?

By Paul Adepoju

Adepoju is a journalist and communicator specialising in global health, science, tech, policy, development and their intersections. You can reach him at paulwrites007@gmail.com

Africa’s public health map lit up like a warning signal. Mpox in West and Central Africa. Cholera from the Sahel to the south. Marburg alerts in the Horn. Ebola winding down in the Congo River basin. In that crowded landscape, Africa CDC says it is not only fighting outbreaks. It is trying to redefine Africa’s place in global health.