Lancet Commission 2017: The Future of Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
2017
This Lancet Commission explores the challenges and opportunities faced by Sub-Saharan Africa in forging a path to longer, healthier lives for all Africans by the year 2030. The commission was founded in 2013 and is led by African physicians, scientists, and policy makers. The report notes that while there has been tremendous progress in Sub-Saharan Africa on increasing life expectancy, reducing maternal and child mortality, and increasing control of HIV and malaria, major challenges remain, including conflict, urban and rural exclusion, environmental degradation, and brain drain.
This commission urges African leaders to embrace evidence-based recommendations, including an approach based on people-centered health systems that can be adapted to each country’s specific needs and a comprehensive, multi-sectoral strategy that allows health to act as a catalyst for the successful pursuit of the broad development agenda set out in the Sustainable Development Goals. The commission report is accompanied by several comments, perspective, and correspondence pieces, as well as a downloadable infographic that illustrates the need for an interdisciplinary strategy to maximize opportunities for Africa’s youth and adolescents.
Lancet Commission 2017: The Future of Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Source:
Agyepong IA et al. 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 2017; 390(10114): 2803-2859. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31509-X.