Health systems strengthening, dissemination, and implementation science in Africa: quo vadis?

Implementing health-system strengthening policies remains a challenge in Africa. Past successes, predictable but unanticipated flaws, underutilization of health services, traditional medicine, global inequity and poor practice by local stakeholders are some of the reasons many African countries have...

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Autores principales: Takoutsing, Berjo Dongmo, Ikwuegbuenyi, Chibuikem, Umutoni, Alice, Ogunfolaji, Oloruntoba, Bankole, Nourou Dine Adeniran, Mpokota, Racheal, Adegboyega, Gideon, Kanmounye, Ulrick Sidney, Dokponou, Yao Christian Hugues
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8571936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34795831
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.40.51.30399
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Sumario:Implementing health-system strengthening policies remains a challenge in Africa. Past successes, predictable but unanticipated flaws, underutilization of health services, traditional medicine, global inequity and poor practice by local stakeholders are some of the reasons many African countries have made little progress towards attaining global health goals. As a result, Africa has the highest disease burden despite multiple efforts from the global health community. These raise the question: what has to change so that health systems strengthening efforts in Africa are successful?

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