Mugwagwa, J;
Washbourne, C;
Kagwesage, AM;
Twiringiyimana, R;
(2020)
STECS Plus: An analysis of contributions to COVID-19 responses by science granting councils in selected African countries.
International Development Research Centre: IDRC(Canada): London, UK.
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended many aspects of human life across the globe, through its sudden, pervasive and cascading impact. In pushing back against the virus, countries have deployed multi-pronged mechanisms towards rapid diagnosis, behaviour management through restrictions and social distancing, protecting people through the use of personal protective equipment, deployment of ventilators and other means for oxygen therapy, trying out different therapeutics and rapid progression with vaccine development. At the heart of some of these responses is the role of tools from science, technology and innovation, anchored in the work of national and international science system actors. Science granting councils (SGCs) with funding, regulatory and coordination roles in national science systems, have thus been an integral actor in these responses. To understand these roles more closely, this report draws from a multi-country case study which explored the content and context of interactions between national SGCs in nine (9) selected African countries , and other national stakeholders in shaping and implementing responses to the unravelling pandemic. The SGCs whose responses form the core of this report are part of the on-going Science Granting Councils’ Initiative (SGCI) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) which was launched in 2015 as a multi-funder initiative to strengthen SGCs in 15 SSA countries. The question that this study sought to answer and draw lessons from is: how have SGCs applied capacities and capabilities acquired from the SGCI in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic?
| Type: | Report |
|---|---|
| Title: | STECS Plus: An analysis of contributions to COVID-19 responses by science granting councils in selected African countries |
| Publisher version: | https://www.idrc.ca/en |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | COVID-19, SGCs, Africa |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > STEaPP |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10130630 |
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