"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.