Sub-Saharan African Nations Need New Strategic Vision To Transform Health Sectors, Lancet Commission Report Says

Xinhua News: African experts urge new vision to transform health sector amid challenges
“Countries in the sub-Saharan African region must adopt a new strategic vision that revolves around policy reforms, innovative financing, and adoption of new technologies in order to transform their health sectors, experts said on Thursday. The experts, who spoke during the launch of a report on the status of health in Africa in Nairobi, stated that a radical policy shift, visionary leadership, research, training, and technology adoption are key to transforming the critical sector against a backdrop of a rising disease burden…” (Lagat, 9/14).

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