People stand when Dr. Matshidiso Moeti enters a room at the World Health Organization’s Africa headquarters in the Republic of Congo and they listen intently to what she says.
. She has become one of the world’s most compelling voices urging better consideration of Africa’s people — especially women, who’ve in many ways been hit hardest by COVID. Her identity as an African woman has been both a strength and an obstacle on a continent where much of society is still dominated by patriarchal systems.
One of the women at the table is Dr. Mary Stephens who says that seeing Moeti as regional director means a lot to her and others in Africa, where women historically and traditionally have had to take a back seat: “It gives us hope and an indication that it can happen for any woman on the continent.” She thinks of women she knows and sees. The woman who braids her hair, who lost work because of the lockdown and is scared of the vaccine. An elderly woman who must carry her load of food up and down steep hills. Women selling produce at marketplaces forced to close their stalls.
“Many people aren’t aware of the presence of the virus, so we need to let them know about it and how to avoid getting it,” Mayeyenda said, explaining how Africa still lags behind other parts of the world. Africa has shown lower rates of COVID-19 cases compared with the rest of the world, but that’s likely due to lower testing levels. Countries have struggled to treat the sick, and, with just over 13% of all of Africa’s 1.3 billion people fully vaccinated at the beginning of March. That’s far behind the global rate of 56.6%, according to Our World in Data
But now steady supplies of vaccines are arriving across the continent and Africa is creating labs that can manufacture vaccines.
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