Lifting the veil I - reflecting on Covid-19 in Africa

Elias Kifon Bongmba

Chapter 19 in Handbook on Religion and Health, 2024, pp 309-321 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In this chapter, drawing on insights from the philosophy of Hans Georg Gadamer on the “enigma of health,” Bongmba discusses Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2), with reference to the Cameroon and African response, highlighting the complex issues around local remedies invented in Cameroon by Archbishop Kleda, controversial pronouncements on the illness by Pentecostal leaders, and engaging leadership to combat the spread of the virus by some African governments, the African Union, and the African Center for Disease Control to fight the pandemic.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy; Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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