Just 4% of Covid research relevant to Africa: study – Bangkok Post

PARIS – Just four percent of scientific research published on Covid-19 is relevant to Africa despite the continent containing close to a fifth of humanity, according to an analysis published Tuesday.
With nearly four million confirmed cases across the continent, the authors of the study said the relative lack of research on Africa or authored by Africans added to the growing body of “evidence of coloniality in global health research and decision-making”.
Researchers analysed more than 2,000 peer-reviewed…

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