The path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030: the Lancet Commission on the future of health in sub-Saharan Africa

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10114, 2017, Pages 2803-2859

  Agyepong, Irene Akua ^a,b   Sewankambo, Nelson ^c   Binagwaho, Agnes ^d   Coll Seck, Awa Marie ^e   Corrah, Tumani ^f   Ezeh, Alex ^g   Fekadu, Abebaw ^h   Kilonzo, Nduku ⁱ   Lamptey, Peter ^j,k   Masiye, Felix ^l   Mayosi, Bongani ^m   Mboup, Souleymane ⁿ   Muyembe, Jean Jacques ^o   Pate, Muhammad ^p   Sidibe, Myriam ^q   Simons, Bright ^r   Tlou, Sheila ^s   Gheorghe, Adrian ^k,t   Legido Quigley, Helena ^k,u   McManus, Joanne ^v   Ng, Edmond ^k   O'Leary, Maureen ^k   Enoch, Jamie ^k   Kassebaum, Nicholas ^w   Piot, Peter ^k   more..

^a GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^b Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons   (Ghana)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY   (Rwanda)

^e Ministry of Health   (Senegal)

^f Africa Research Excellence Fund   (Gambia)

^g AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^h ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

ⁱ MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^j FHI 360   (United States)

^k LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

ⁿ Centre de Formation et de Recherche en Santé de la Reproduction   (Senegal)

^o National Institute for Biomedical Research   (Congo)

^p DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^r mPedigree Network   (Ghana)

^s UNAIDS   (South Africa)

^t Oxford Policy Management   (United Kingdom)

^u NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^v Independent Researcher   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BUDGET; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION; INVESTMENT; LEADERSHIP; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEWBORN CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION HEALTH; PRACTICE GAP; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SECURITY; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INVENTION; ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; INVENTIONS; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 85029231632     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31509-X     Document Type: Review

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