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What Public Health Insurance Agencies Can Learn from Private Health Insurance Firms

March 10, 2022April 4, 2022 Covid-19, healthcare, Insurance

The COVID-19 pandemic and the health inequities it revealed strengthened the case for universal health coverage (UHC), a discussion that

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There’s no such thing as a free lunch: Why African economies should be concerned about impending automation

February 25, 2022April 4, 2022 Automation, Economy, Investment in Africa

Notwithstanding COVID-19’s sudden and damaging blemish on African Foreign Direct Investment, the continent has been subject to consistently increasing foreign

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Red Lists, Black Lists & Travel Bans: Solidarity and not Stigmatization can Combat COVID-19

January 6, 2022April 4, 2022 Africa policy, Covid-19, Vaccine Apartheid

The UK Government recently abandoned its controversial red list, which had only allowed UK citizens or residents traveling into the

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Road to UHC: African leaders must build on lessons from COVID-19 to achieve Universal Health Coverage

December 18, 2021December 18, 2021 Africa, Covid-19, UHC

The goals of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) are laudable, but  also ambitious and complex. Achieving a world in which all

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Like Afghanistan, U.S. withdrawal from Somalia signals conflict fatigue, with potentially serious consequences for East Africa

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Ryan Crocker, Somalia, US Foreign Policy

By Kevin Uniacke Former U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker recently led a Zoom speaking engagement at the Harvard Kennedy School. The

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The Harvard Africa Policy Journal (APJ) is a student-run online publication dedicated to promoting dialogue about African policy and current affairs in the realms of governance, law, education, business, health, design and culture. The Journal was initially started in 2006 by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government but has recently expanded to encompass all the schools of Harvard University. With its new online platform and annual publications, the APJ will act as a hub for timely debate, opinion, research, and analysis.

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