Confronting Africa's health crisis: more of the same will not be enough

Sanders and Chopra discuss why the international community needs to rethink its approach to Africa if it wants to produce sustained improvements in health. At current rates of progress, sub-Saharan Africa will not achieve any of the millennium development goals.

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Published in:BMJ 2005-10, Vol.331 (7519), p.755-758
Main Authors: Sanders, D M, Todd, C, Chopra, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
AIDS
Biological and medical sciences
Crisis intervention
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Education And Debate
General aspects
Global Health
Government budgets
Health care
Health care policy
Health Care Reform - organization & administration
Health Policy
Health Promotion - organization & administration
Health Status
HIV
Humanitarian aid
Humans
International community
International Cooperation
International relations
Medical personnel
Medical sciences
Nutrition
Objectives
Poverty
Psychoeducational intervention
Public health
Vaccination
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Summary:Sanders and Chopra discuss why the international community needs to rethink its approach to Africa if it wants to produce sustained improvements in health. At current rates of progress, sub-Saharan Africa will not achieve any of the millennium development goals.
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.755