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How blockchain can help in Africa’s fight against COVID-19 and future disease outbreaks

A healthcare worker wearing protective gear talks on a mobile phone at a testing center for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) of the Institute for Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training (IRESSEF), in Dakar, Senegal July 24, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2PZH9N10BP

Healthcare worker talks on a phone at a testing centre for COVID-19 at the Institute for Health Research, in Dakar, Senegal on July 24, 2020. Image: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Kayode Babarinde
Executive Director, Africa Blockchain Institute
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