Community Biology Lab’s Response to COVID-19 in Africa: The Case of...
In order to successfully combat the Covid-19 pandemic, research must be accelerated in a collaborative and coordinated manner, by sharing knowledge and data in resource-constrained areas.
La guerre des vaccins et les droits de propriété intellectuelle
Par Abdelhamid Benhmade
En Octobre 2020, l’Afrique du Sud et l’Inde ont proposé aux États membres de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) de suspendre les...
Professor Chidi Oguamanam on Traditional Knowledge and Biomedical Innovation
Over the past few years, Professor Chidi Oguamanam, a member of Open AIR's Steering Committee, has continued to shape the global discourse on Intellectual...
Vulnerabilities Exposed: COVID-19 and Informal Livelihoods in Egypt
By Nagla Rizk
This article was originally published by Medium
“I wish they let us move and to end the curfew, so we go to work....
My First Week of COVID-19 in Town: a Week with More...
By Bertha Vallejo
I am an Open AIR QES Fellow with the University of Johannesburg, currently in The Netherlands, due to COVID-19/coronavirus. I have expertise...
À l’ère postpandémique, Open AIR cherche des solutions équitables aux freins à...
En 2013, le réseau Open AIR (Open African Innovation Research) publiait une étude prospective prévoyant un avenir ponctué de bouleversements, comme une pandémie catastrophique à l’échelle...
La relance économique passe par la vaccination gratuite et universelle
Par Abdelhamid Benhmade
La guerre des vaccins est-elle désormais plus coûteuse que la guerre contre la pandémie ? Sans doute, la production de plusieurs vaccins...
COVID-19: In the Shadow of Ebola, the Patent War to Come...
By Chidi Oguamanam and Nailah Ramsoomair
Note: A previous, shorter version of this article was published in Punch Newspapers here.
In the midst of the COVID-19...
Intersection of International Law with Intellectual Property
Researchers Jeremy de Beer and Rosa de Koker have published a paper which delves into international health law and intellectual property. Negotiation of new...
Africa and COVID-19
By Chidi Oguamanam
As an African and a Canadian, I
inhabit an observatory. I am a resident in two worlds of blunt contrasts. On a good
note,...
