They have moved on from reacting to emergencies to formulating a long-term plan to improve healthcare access for all. A 2016 study by Frost & Sullivan, a global research and consulting firm, found that healthcare in Africa was benefitting from the global shift towards value-based healthcare. The WEF Africa summit panel discussion on Combatting Diseases of Poverty highlighted the importance of partnerships to improve continental healthcare. In Uganda, for example, public sector health workers use a mobile-based system called mTRAC to track medicine stocks. Consensus at the WEF Africa panel discussion on health was that strengthening the continent’s healthcare would take time and persistence.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 08, 2017 17:37 UTC