Health

The future of healthcare in Africa

November 12, 2014

Africa

November 12, 2014

Africa
Martin Koehring

Senior Manager for Sustainability, Climate Change and Natural Resources & Head of the World Ocean Initiative

Martin Koehring is senior manager for sustainability, climate change and natural resources at (part of The Economist Group). He leads Economist Impact's sustainability-related policy and thought leadership projects in the EMEA region. He is also the head of the, inspiring bold thinking, new partnerships and the most effective action to build a sustainable ocean economy.

He is a member of the Advisory Committee for the UN Environment Programme’s Global Environment Outlook for Business and is a faculty member in the Food & Sustainability Certificate Program provided by the European Institute for Innovation and Sustainability.

His previous roles at The Economist Group, where he has been since 2011, include managing editor, global health lead and Europe editor at The Economist Intelligence Unit.

He earned a bachelor of economic and social studies in international relations from Aberystwyth University and a master’s degree in diplomacy and international relations from the College of Europe.

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This report explores Africa's recent progress on several major healthcare challenges, including: an increasing focus on primary and preventive care; empowerment of communities; universal healthcare; telemedicine; and the role of international donors. The report also includes the views on these challenges from the perspectives of five healthcare professionals and leaders in Africa.

"The future of healthcare in Africa: progress, challenges and opportunities", a report written by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and sponsored by Janssen, explores Africa's recent progress on several major healthcare challenges. In the first chapter the report looks at progress on five future scenarios for healthcare in Africa: an increasing focus on primary and preventive care; empowerment of communities; universal healthcare; telemedicine; and the role of international donors. The second chapter includes the views on these challenges from the perspectives of five healthcare professionals and leaders in Africa.

There are encouraging signs that all stakeholders are taking a broader view of Africa’s healthcare challenges and focusing on how to work more closely together in order to get better value from their healthcare investments and to improve healthcare quality.

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