HEALTHCARE FINANCING IN AFRICA: CHALLENGES AND OPTAfricans in the diaspora, especially immigrants, are now increasingly important in the financing of healthcare services in Africa through remittances to relatives, kith and kin. However, as experts on healthcare delivery in Africa have noted (African...
Contextualising evidence relates to several issues, including the lack of evidence available for an African setting. The effectiveness of an intervention in Africa may be different from that found in studies elsewhere because of factors such as: later presentation, co-infections, malnutrition, higher ...
The Spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa in Social and Historical Perspective There can be few more vital issues confronting Southern Africa than the pandemic of HIV and AIDS currently ravaging the sub-continent. The paper is an atte... Marks,Shula - 《African Studies》 被引量: 126发表: ...
Speaking in Nairobi during a conference on Improving Access to Medicines through Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa organized by Takeda, a pharmaceutical company, the team of experts noted that a majority of patients arrive too late for healthcare due to lack of awareness on health issues or lack...
, objectives and approach of the second phase, INDEHELA-Context, in Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Finland in 2004–2007, focusing on wider contex-tual issues – the socio-economic impact, sustainability and affordability in information systems development for healthcare in and for Africa....
World Bank: Second Conference of the African Health Economics and Policy Association: Towards Universal Healthcare Coverage in Africa. Washington, DC: World Bank; 2011.Atim C: Second conference of the African Health Economics and Policy Association: towards...
However, it lacks approaches for respiratory/enteric infections, malaria, and NCDs.#mHealth systems in SSA are underutilized than in Europe, despite alignment with the region's demographics and major health issues. Most initiatives in SSA lack implementation depth, with only pilot tests or small-...
Accessibility is one of the main issues in SSA. What changed this year was the speed in which key projects were delivered in both the public and private sectors. As part of our ongoing commitment to provide quality healthcare, GE Healthcare contributed to a number of maj...
In many villages across Sierra Leone, a small country on the southwest coast of West Africa, tragic scenes like this of people enduring illness or injury are common for locals. For many, they will never pay a visit to a hospital in their lives, not because they remain healthy or injury ...
Did Microsoft make an effort to lift poverty in South Africa? What specific initiatives has Microsoft undertaken to address poverty in South Africa, and how do these efforts compare with government programs like SASSA and other social assistance initiatives aimed at alleviating poverty and promoting ec...