Beyond the Pandemic: Creating Change in Primary Healthcare Diagnostics Across Africa
Introduction to Discussion Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Communicable Diseases (CDs) are still a major challenge, especially in Africa. They represent 29.8% and 63.3% of the disease burden in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of the NCD burden, and diarrhoea, lower respiratory and infectious diseases are the main causes of CDs in […]
The Role of Youth in Ensuring Sustainable Blood Supply for Africa
Introduction to Discussion The Coalition of Blood for Africa (CoBA), a multistakeholder platform comprised of public and private sector, research, academia, not-for-profits, civil society, and others, is committed to strengthening blood and blood systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). CoBA aims to crowd-in resources and investment for research, advocacy, and action to drive the agenda for […]
Partnerships for Resilient Health Systems: Managing the Disease Burden
Introduction to Discussion Partnerships and collaboration are key to helping manage the disease burden, which is being directly and indirectly affected by lack of blood in Africa. This is truer than ever in a COVID-19 context, where Africa’s blood services are in some cases collecting up to 80% less blood because of schools being closed, […]
Partnerships for Resilient Health Systems: Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Introduction to the Discussion COVID-19 has greatly disrupted our supply chains. The measures to contain the pandemic have triggered unprecedented measures by national governments that have caused local and global trade disruptions. This has threatened our supply chains not only for the management of COVID-19 itself, but also for all essential commodities that we need […]
Partnerships for COVID-19 in Africa: Infrastructure and Equipment
Introduction to Discussion Investing in quality health infrastructure makes sense, from both the economic and social angle. As a development economist, he has seen that without quality health infrastructure, it’s impossible to generate the kind of economic development that Africa requires. Enough evidence has shown that investment in health infrastructure creates an avenue for resilient […]
Partnerships for COVID-19 in Africa: Testing Tracking and Treating Report
Introduction to Discussion We have not had a better opportunity in Africa before now to cement our efforts on testing, tracking and treating. We have had significant learning since the start of the outbreak of the virus and we need to capitalize on this and continue learning in order to move forward. Our heads of […]
Partnerships for COVID-19 in Africa: Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Introduction to Discussion COVID-19 has greatly disrupted our supply chains. The measures to contain the pandemic have triggered unprecedented measures by national governments that have caused local and global trade disruptions. This has threatened our supply chain not only for the management of COVID-19 itself, but also for all the other essential commodities that we […]
Africa Health Business Symposium IV: Bridging the Health Gap
Introduction to Discussion In Africa, the private sector delivers 50% of health services and so governments working with business partners will be key in bringing UHC.The private sector can provide skills, management, and research that can improve health by expanding access to specialised and quality services. They can also add value in areas such as […]
Africa Health Business Symposium III : Achieving UHC in Africa: Stronger Together
Introduction to Discussion A solution to reaching UHC is to create an ecosystem that combines primary care, infrastructure, data science platforms and people management blend it via PPPs and a business model that is Build Operate Transfer (BOT) then you may have one of the solutions. Download the Report
Africa Health Business Symposium II: Transforming PPPs for Health in Africa
Introduction to Discussion Public-Private Health Partnerships (PPP Health) are a new paradigm of public action, likely to combine the efforts of the public sector with efficiency, usually known as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).Nowadays, PPPs in health are rare or nonexistent. Download the Report
