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Shaping Africa's urban areas to withstand future pandemics: Urban areas are a fertile ground for contagion Getty ImagesThe power of cities comes from the number of interactions they enable, between people, firms and markets - they are centres of social interaction. For all their virtues, however, cities have a major downside. They are a fertile ground for contagion, such as … [Read more...] about Shaping Africa’s urban areas to withstand future pandemics | The Conversation