Gender-Informed Leadership: A Path To Universal Health

By Dr. Sylvia Vito Families across East Africa face difficult decisions every day. When illness strikes, many families are forced to choose between seeking health care and spending money on other essentials like food and education. Over 200 million people in the WHO Africa Region pay high out-of-pocket costs for healthcare, 150 million of whom […]

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Placing Women At The Centre Of Health Leadership In Africa Key To Achieving UHC

Author(s): Dr. Norah Obudho, Health Integration and East Africa Director, WomenLift Health; Dr. Florence Temu, Country Director, Amref Health Africa in Tanzania Over a decade ago, Pan African Parliament Women’s Conference President, Mavis Matladi of South Africa, declared that it was “more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier” in Africa. In that time much has changed, […]

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