According to recent forecasts from the United Nation's Population Division, Africa's
population is expected to double from one billion to two billion inhabitants by 2050 [1]. This …

Abstract The Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research was themed around
'Resilient and responsive health systems for a changing world.'This commentary is the …

Background The primary health care (PHC) approach provides an essential foundation for
health emergency and risk management, and for building community and country resilience …

This paper aims at provoking broad-based dialogues and debates on ways and means of
securing Africa's health sovereignty. It argues that health sovereignty is about the realization …

It is just over a year since the Ebola virus took hold in West Africa, spreading fear across the
region and beyond. As of April 2015, the disease had claimed the lives of more than 10,500 …

Implementing health-system strengthening policies remains a challenge in Africa. Past
successes, predictable but unanticipated flaws, underutilization of health services, traditional …

The 2014 West African Ebola epidemic prompted reconsideration of West African health
systems' resilience to external shocks. To understand the post-conflict histories of West …

A healthy population is a critical component of attaining sustainable development, and
health services are key to a healthy population. However, while Africa has a …

In July 2022, on the sidelines of the 41st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the
African Union and the 4th Mid-Year Coordination Summit in Lusaka, Zambia, Heads of state …

Background Inadequate access to quality health care services due to weak health systems
and recurrent public health emergencies are impediments to the attainment of Universal …