Gianluca Quaglio
Gianluca Quaglio works in the European Parliament Research Service (EPRS) as policy analyst in health and research policies sectors. He obtained a degree in Medicine from Verona University and a PhD in International Health at the Maastricht University. Before he joined the EPRS, he worked as a clinician and clinical researcher at Verona University Hospital and as scientific project officer in the European Commission, DG Research. He has published over a hundred articles in international peer-review scientific journals.-
COVID-19 in Africa: what is at stake?
SARS-CoV-2 has arrived in Africa and, progressively, almost all African countries have closed their borders and imposed various levels of "lockdowns" in the hope of limiting the spread of the pandemic, taking measures similar to those taken elsewhere in the world. The pandemic is producing shocking statistics... -
The challenges of tackling Covid-19 in Africa
Interview with Dr John N. Nkengasong, Director of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention about the current situation with the spread of COVID-19 across Africa, about the main risks, challenges and lessons learnt from the HIV/AIDS pandemic and Ebola epidemic.