The need for more medical schools in medically underserved regions in Africa

Africa struggles with the double burden of disease, bearing the highest disease burden in the world and also having the most severe health workforce shortage. Only four countries on the continent meet the WHO-recommended density of 4.45 health workers per 1000 people. This physician shortage has bee...

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Autores principales: Brimmo, Farida Oluwabukola, Babatunde, Abdulhammed Opeyemi, Ezefuna, Naomi Nmesoma, Kanu, Mary Sathela, Biziyaremye, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9678807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36426098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104967
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Sumario:Africa struggles with the double burden of disease, bearing the highest disease burden in the world and also having the most severe health workforce shortage. Only four countries on the continent meet the WHO-recommended density of 4.45 health workers per 1000 people. This physician shortage has been attributed to a variety of factors including shortfalls in medical education and medical schools' capacities. This commentary aims to reveal the gap and ‘underrated’ problem of inadequate medical schools and poor utilization of existing ones. Recommended solutions calling for the need for urgent improvement in medical education in Africa are highlighted in the paper.

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