Hard hats, AI and a fake pandemic: the group of former world leaders practising to save the world

With uncanny timing amid hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks, a group set up by Nelson Mandela known as The Elders, met in Kenya to model a health emergency – and found much still needs to be done About a dozen people sat around a boardroom table at the emergency hub of the World Health Organization (WHO) just outside Nairobi last Thursday, their eyes glued to an animated presentation on a screen. Health workers in eastern Chad have reported several deaths among patients with respiratory failure, ...

By Carlos Mureithi in Mlolongo