Leadership and Health in Africa

A second generation of leaders has now assumed power in Africa, replacing those who inherited the colonial state following independence during the 1960s and 1970s and, in a few cases thereafter. Since independence, two or three governing trends have become clear on the continent. Foremost, it seems...

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Autor principal: Azevedo, Mario J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7123130/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32564-4_3
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description A second generation of leaders has now assumed power in Africa, replacing those who inherited the colonial state following independence during the 1960s and 1970s and, in a few cases thereafter. Since independence, two or three governing trends have become clear on the continent. Foremost, it seems that, to the committed first group of leaders who inherited the colonial state, the most important goal was to eliminate ethnic divisions and create new nations, where the state was sacrosanct.
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spelling pubmed-71231302020-04-06 Leadership and Health in Africa Azevedo, Mario J. Historical Perspectives on the State of Health and Health Systems in Africa, Volume II Article A second generation of leaders has now assumed power in Africa, replacing those who inherited the colonial state following independence during the 1960s and 1970s and, in a few cases thereafter. Since independence, two or three governing trends have become clear on the continent. Foremost, it seems that, to the committed first group of leaders who inherited the colonial state, the most important goal was to eliminate ethnic divisions and create new nations, where the state was sacrosanct. 2017-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7123130/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32564-4_3 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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