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Identifying Key Challenges Facing Healthcare Systems In …

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Globally, countries are faced with health system problems which vary from one to the next. While health service delivery challenges are more often seen in countries with a very high Human Development Index (HDI), human resources …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6844097/

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Atlas of African Health Statistics 2022: Health situation

(1 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) is building a better future for people everywhere. Health lays the foundation for vibrant and productive communities, stronger economies, safer nations and a better world. Our …

https://www.afro.who.int/publications/atlas-african-health-statistics-2022-health-situation-analysis-who-african-region-0

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Tackling health poverty risks in Africa: 4 experts weigh in

(5 days ago) WEBAfrica’s push towards public health autonomy is gaining momentum. With the creation of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), African Medicines Agency and the proposed African …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/autonomy-is-a-game-changer-for-health-systems-in-africa-davos2023/

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African Governments Falling Short on Healthcare Funding

(8 days ago) WEBDespite the global surge in public healthcare spending amid the pandemic in 2021, on average African governments spent only 7.4 percent of their national budgets …

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/26/african-governments-falling-short-healthcare-funding

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Health in Africa Nature Communications

(Just Now) WEBSince 2000, Africa has made historic progress in improving health metrics across all age groups 4. The WHO estimates that the region successfully reduced the …

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45268-1

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Africa’s top health forum opens to tackle major challenges

(4 days ago) WEBLomé – The President of the Republic of Togo, H.E President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé opened the Seventy-second session of the World Health …

https://www.afro.who.int/news/africas-top-health-forum-opens-tackle-major-challenges

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Acting now to strengthen Africa’s health systems McKinsey

(3 days ago) WEBAfrica’s health systems are already struggling and, in some countries, not sustaining routine service delivery. Several other ongoing epidemics have weakened health systems, including Lassa fever in …

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/middle-east-and-africa/acting-now-to-strengthen-africas-health-systems

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Identifying Key Challenges Facing Healthcare Systems In Africa …

(7 days ago) WEBThe top four problems of the health sector in African countries identified by individual participants were inadequate human resources (n = 49 respondents, 17.82%), …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2147/IJGM.S223882

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Strengthening sub-Saharan Africa’s health systems: A practical …

(9 days ago) WEBThe diagnostic approach we used in the Lake Zone provides a way to move past the debate about whether countries in sub-Saharan Africa should pursue “vertical” …

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/strengthening-sub-saharan-africas-health-systems-a-practical-approach

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Boosting efforts to transform care for severe chronic diseases in …

(2 days ago) WEBDar es Salaam – Health experts from across Africa, policymakers, civil society organizations and partners meeting for the first-ever conference on strengthening efforts …

https://www.afro.who.int/news/boosting-efforts-transform-care-severe-chronic-diseases-africa

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Driving new public health agenda in Africa News Harvard T.H.

(4 days ago) WEBJohn Nkengasong, the founding director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), discusses the challenges and opportunities for improving …

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/africa-cdc-head-is-driving-a-new-public-health-agenda-on-the-continent/

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Identifying Key Challenges Facing Healthcare Systems In Africa …

(1 days ago) WEBBrainstorming approaches were used in a structured, modified nominal group process exercise to identify key challenges and strategies to mitigate healthcare service …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31819592/

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Health in Africa - Nature

(5 days ago) WEBWe aim to promote high-quality research that advances our understanding of health issues in Africa, and advocates for better healthcare on the continent in line with the United …

https://www.nature.com/collections/deefjegjjj

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Harnessing the potential of African youth for transforming health

(4 days ago) WEBAfrica faces a significant burden of infectious diseases, including Malaria and HIV/AIDS, along with an increasing prevalence of non-infectious diseases such as …

https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-024-01039-7

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FACT SHEET: U.S-Africa Partnership in Health Cooperation

(8 days ago) WEBU.S. investments in Fiscal Year 2021 alone enabled the provision of family planning and reproductive health services to 15.4 million African women, averting 4.7 …

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/12/13/fact-sheet-u-s-africa-partnership-in-health-cooperation/

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Six in ten female youths in low-income East African countries had

(8 days ago) WEBBackground Access to health care services is a basic human right, and an individual’s health and overall quality of life may suffer as a result of barriers to …

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-024-10934-z

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The Global Burden of Disease: Main Findings for Sub-Saharan Africa

(8 days ago) WEBA report by the World Bank that quantifies the loss of life and disability from diseases, injuries and risk factors by age, sex and geography in Sub-Saharan Africa. It …

https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/publication/global-burden-of-disease-findings-for-sub-saharan-africa

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Healthcare in South Africa: how inequity is contributing to …

(6 days ago) WEBSouth Africa’s healthcare system is inefficient – both public and private. The cost of healthcare is too high. In the long term, improving the quality of care in the …

https://theconversation.com/healthcare-in-south-africa-how-inequity-is-contributing-to-inefficiency-163753

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Medicine in Africa: the problems and promises - The Lancet

(3 days ago) WEBMedicine in Africa: the problems and promises. Home to a billion people, Africa is regarded by some as the world's next engine for growth. With huge reserves of …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)62202-3/fulltext

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How digital tools could boost efficiency in African health systems

(6 days ago) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the impor­tance of digitalization in supporting access to essential healthcare services in the most remote areas. With the …

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/how-digital-tools-could-boost-efficiency-in-african-health-systems

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Challenges of access to healthcare in SA 30 years after democracy

(3 days ago) WEBIn the South African context, access to healthcare has come a long way. It has always been a huge issue given the history of apartheid as well as the divide between …

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/935952-2/

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Medic 2024: Stakeholders in West Africa makes case for improved …

(Just Now) WEBSpeaking at the 2024 edition of the Medic West Africa Exhibition and Conference in Lagos, Special Adviser to the President on Health, Dr Salma Ibrahim …

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/medic-2024-stakeholders-in-west-africa-makes-case-for-improved-healthcare/

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Black Americans' Views of Racial Inequality, Racism, Reparations …

(5 days ago) WEBIn assessing the magnitude of problems that they face, the majority of Black Americans say racism (63%), police brutality (60%) and economic inequality (54%) are …

https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2022/08/30/black-americans-have-a-clear-vision-for-reducing-racism-but-little-hope-it-will-happen/

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Health Systems in Africa - WHO Regional Office for Africa

(8 days ago) WEBHealth Systems in Africa: Community Perceptions and Perspectives vi Annexes 65 Annex 1: Definitions of terms 65 Annex 4: Proportion reporting diabetes as a common health …

https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2017-06/english---health_systems_in_africa---2012.pdf

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Advancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care: State Disparities

(6 days ago) WEBThis report evaluates disparities in health and health care across racial and ethnic groups, both within states and between U.S. states. Death rates and …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/apr/advancing-racial-equity-us-health-care

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