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African countries must muscle up their support and fill massive R&D gap

Janet Midega, PhD, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme; Catherine Kyobutungi, African Population and Health Research Center; Emelda Okiro, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme; Fredros Okumu, Ifakara Health Institute; Ifeyinwa Aniebo, Harvard University, and Ngozi Erondu, Georgetown University

Scientific knowledge is a critical driver for human health and wellbeing, economic development and environmental sustainability.
Professor Christian Happi, director of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, displays one of the most advanced automated acid extractors being used in the laboratory. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Nigeria needs innovation and science investment to help control COVID‑19

Christian Happi, Redeemer's University and Ifeyinwa Aniebo, Harvard University

To effectively control COVID-19 and prevent a future pandemic, Nigeria needs to start investing heavily in science research.