Introduction to Discussion The world is currently on its way to widening the coverage of COVID-19 vaccine boosters. However, in February 2022 most of the world’s countries, including most African countries, did not have enough vaccines to cover all health […]
Introduction to Discussion Digital health is a critical component in creating a path toward a stronger African health system beyond the pandemic. With reference to the WHO’s building blocks of the health systems, digital health can gradually improve health outcomes, […]
Introduction to Discussion There has been a surge in the burden of Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This is largely due to the increase in disease modifiable risk factors such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, harmful use […]
Introduction to Discussion The Coalition of Blood for Africa (CoBA), a multistakeholder platform comprised of public and private sector, research, academia, not-for-profits, civil society, and others, is committed to strengthening blood and blood systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). CoBA aims […]
Introduction to Discussion Partnerships and collaboration are key to helping manage the disease burden, which is being directly and indirectly affected by lack of blood in Africa. This is truer than ever in a COVID-19 context, where Africa’s blood services […]
Introduction to Discussion We have not had a better opportunity in Africa before now to cement our efforts on testing, tracking and treating. We have had significant learning since the start of the outbreak of the virus and we need […]
Introduction to Discussion In Africa, the private sector delivers 50% of health services and so governments working with business partners will be key in bringing UHC.The private sector can provide skills, management, and research that can improve health by expanding […]
Introduction to Discussion A solution to reaching UHC is to create an ecosystem that combines primary care, infrastructure, data science platforms and people management blend it via PPPs and a business model that is Build Operate Transfer (BOT) then you […]
Introduction to Discussion Public-Private Health Partnerships (PPP Health) are a new paradigm of public action, likely to combine the efforts of the public sector with efficiency, usually known as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).Nowadays, PPPs in health are rare or nonexistent. […]
Introduction to Discussion Despite the general steady economic growth and positive outlook for further increase in household consumption and business spending, Africa still bears a disproportionately high disease burden. The continent carries 25% of the global disease burden, yet it […]
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