Human Security and Epidemics in Africa

This book examines the impact of epidemics in Africa exploring some of the adaptation and crisis management strategies adopted to tackle COVID-19 Ebola and HIV-AIDS. The authors reflect on lessons learned from solving complex problems and difficult decisions made by leaders on pandemic management to shape the security environment and thus the well-being of people living in Africa for years to come.Drawing on cases from across the continent the book demonstrates that significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic African countries and communities frequently displayed regional solidarity creativity in decision-making decisiveness in dealing with corruption and opportunism and resilience and discipline in implementation. Adopting a human security framework the authors share their lived experiences and explore the impact of epidemics on public policy decision-making foreign policy implementation global relations collaboration in the community dimension and ultimately the future of socio-economic development in Africa.This book will be a welcome addition for practitioners and researchers across the fields of security studies health management and African studies making an essential contribution to the security discourse in a post-COVID world.The Open Access version of this book available at taylorfrancis has been made available by KU 2024 under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.