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How will the World Health Organisation’s Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus deal with the mounting challenges? Africa’s academics have some tips.
Palliative care improves the quality of life for patients and families facing problems associated with life threatening illnesses.
Africa battles with a dearth of data and seems unable to scale up health innovations. If these can be systematically addressed, the continent can take great strides towards better health for all.
Africa is the last continent to embrace the need to train family physicians as a key component of the primary health care team and district hospitals.
Top contributors
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Distinguished Professor, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University
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Specialist Scientist, Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Clinical Senior Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy, Addis Ababa University
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Chief Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Co-Director, Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA), University of Nairobi. Chancellors Fellow, Institute of Immunonology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh. Associate Professor, Paul G Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University
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Research fellow in Public Health, Africa University
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Assistant Professor of Palliative Medicine, Aga Khan University
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Lecturer in Planetary Health, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University
