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Historical Perspectives on the State of Health and Health Systems in Africa, Volume IIThe State of Health System(s) in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Historical Perspectives on the State of Health and Health Systems in Africa, Volume II: The State... [As study after study has pointed out, the health care systems in Africa pay little attention to the critical interface between education and good health, especially when it comes to the education of women and mothers, who are the primary line of defense against child diseases, and perform simultaneously most domestic chores and critical agricultural activities. While many medical educational institutions on the continent tend to perpetuate, at times, skewed and irrelevant Eurocentric health training, the national pyramidal health structure, weakened at the village level, and disproportionately favoring the provincial and national hospitals, gives the illusion that rural areas are well-served, when in actuality they are not. This chapter endorses the restrengthening of an uncompromised health care system to make it effective and efficient for both rural and urban areas; one that finds ways of trimming financial and human resource waste; revamps the institutions that train health care and service providers to make the system responsive to the real health needs of the people and not just the wealthy; one that compensates physicians just as civil servants; and aligns the educational system with targeted and expected measurable health outcomes.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Historical Perspectives on the State of Health and Health Systems in Africa, Volume IIThe State of Health System(s) in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
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978-3-319-32563-7
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1 –73
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10.1007/978-3-319-32564-4_1
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[As study after study has pointed out, the health care systems in Africa pay little attention to the critical interface between education and good health, especially when it comes to the education of women and mothers, who are the primary line of defense against child diseases, and perform simultaneously most domestic chores and critical agricultural activities. While many medical educational institutions on the continent tend to perpetuate, at times, skewed and irrelevant Eurocentric health training, the national pyramidal health structure, weakened at the village level, and disproportionately favoring the provincial and national hospitals, gives the illusion that rural areas are well-served, when in actuality they are not. This chapter endorses the restrengthening of an uncompromised health care system to make it effective and efficient for both rural and urban areas; one that finds ways of trimming financial and human resource waste; revamps the institutions that train health care and service providers to make the system responsive to the real health needs of the people and not just the wealthy; one that compensates physicians just as civil servants; and aligns the educational system with targeted and expected measurable health outcomes.]

Published: Feb 3, 2017

Keywords: Health System; Health Facility; Health Center; International Monetary Fund; District Hospital

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