The looming threat posed by the emergence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) is underestimated and often denied. The health services and societies struggle to cope with the direct effects of poverty, war, fragile social and economic structures and AIDS. The threat of CVD seems less direct and few reliable data are available. This has resulted in neglecting serious warni...

Notable among gaps in the achievement of the global health Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are shortcomings in addressing maternal health, an issue addressed in the fifth MDG. This shortfall is particularly acute in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where over half of all maternal deaths occur each year. While there is not as yet a comprehensive understanding of the biological and social causes of m...

BACKGROUND Current data on cardiac surgery capacity on which to base effective concepts for developing sustainable cardiac surgical programs in Africa are lacking or of low quality. METHODS A questionnaire concerning cardiac surgery in Africa was sent to 29 colleagues-26 cardiac surgeons and 3 cardiologists in 16 countries. Further, data on numbers of surgeons practicing in Africa were retrie...

BACKGROUND To describe the epidemiology of HIV and AIDS by geographical origin in the EU, 1999-2006. METHODS AIDS and HIV cases from the EU 27, Norway and Iceland reported to European Centre for Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS were analysed. RESULTS Of 75,021 AIDS reports over 1999-2006, 35% were migrants. Of 2988 heterosexual AIDS reports in 2006, 50% were migrants, largely from Sub-Sah...

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) consists of 47 countries with a population of 910 million (http:/worldbank.org/region/SSA). There are presently 168 Medical Schools in SSA, with 26 in Nigeria and 8 in the Republic of South Africa (3). SSA is plagued by multifarious factors that present an uphill task to achieving acceptable milestones to developmental objectives. The region contains the largest number ...

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) consists of 47 countries with a population of 910 million (http:/worldbank.org/region/SSA). There are presently 168 Medical Schools in SSA, with 26 in Nigeria and 8 in the Republic of South Africa (3). SSA is plagued by multifarious factors that present an uphill task to achieving acceptable milestones to developmental objectives. The region contains the largest number ...

The health crisis in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) presents enormous challenges to the public health workforce, which is ill equipped to respond. Since the fate of SSA is central to the health and well-being of all regions, a long-term effort is now required to strengthen the public health workforce in SSA. This will require major support from national governments and a wide variety of international...

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) consists of 47 countries with a population of 910 million (http:/worldbank.org/region/SSA). There are presently 168 Medical Schools in SSA, with 26 in Nigeria and 8 in the Republic of South Africa (3). SSA is plagued by multifarious factors that present an uphill task to achieving acceptable milestones to developmental objectives. The region contains the largest number ...

Abstract This study utilized instrumental variable techniques and the Driscoll-Kraay estimator to examine effect of democracy natural resources on income inequality using a comprehensive panel dataset from 43 sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The findings our empirical analysis indicated that indices such as electoral, liberal, participatory, deliberative, egalitarian drive in SSA. Regional comparative...

More than three years have passed since the publication of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery and its recommendations on scaling up surgery in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). An important gap, the voice of the districts as well as lack of contextualized research, has been noted in its support of national surgical plans that run the risk of being at best, aspirational. Moreover, a ‘one-size-fits-...