Needed: Dr Ogbuagu and his ilk to save Africa from ‘vaccine apartheid’

A healthcare receives a Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa on February 18, 2021. PHOTO | PHILL MAGAKOE | AFP

Most Africans outside Nigeria have probably not heard of Dr Onyema Ogbuagu.

Ogbuagu is a Nigerian-born medical doctor and researcher, who made his name by investigating some of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases like HIV/Aids and Ebola.