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The future of public health doctoral education in Africa: …

(3 days ago) WEBThe African Union and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Call to Action in 2022 for Africa's New Public Health Order that underscored the need for increased capacity in the public health workforce. Additional domestic and global investments in public health workforce development are central to …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(24)00056-2/fulltext

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An overview of health workforce education and …

(3 days ago) WEBResults. Data from 43 countries in the World Health Organization African Region in 2018 show that there were 4001 health training institutions with 410, 1469 and 2122 being medical, health sciences, and nursing and midwifery schools, respectively, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9077809/

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What you need to know about education for health and …

(2 days ago) WEBThe link between education to health and well-being is clear. Education develops the skills, values and attitudes that enable learners to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, make informed decisions, and engage in positive relationships with everyone around them. Poor health can have a detrimental effect on school attendance and academic …

https://www.unesco.org/en/health-education/need-know

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The State of Health System(s) in Africa: Challenges and …

(3 days ago) WEBRwanda is said to have one of the best health care systems in Africa, along with Botswana, and a few other countries, such as Ghana. Its system has universal health coverage for the Rwandans, with most mutual schemes having adopted a community–based sliding scale of medical costs ranging between 33 US cents and $8.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7123888/

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Training the next generation of Africa’s - BMC Medical …

(1 days ago) WEBAs far back as 1995, the Cape Town Declaration on training Africa’s future doctor recognized the need for medical schools to adopt active-learning strategies in order to nurture holistic development of the doctor. However, medical education in Africa remains largely stuck with traditional pedagogies that emphasize the ‘hard skills’ such as …

https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12909-019-1845-y

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TRANSFORMING EDUCATION IN AFRICA - UNICEF

(3 days ago) WEB3%. 10%. 14TRANSFORMING EDUCATION IN AFRICA: AN EVIDENCE-BASED OVERVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS. in the world complete 12 years of free, publicly funded, inclusive and equitable quality primary and secondary education, of which at least 9 years are compulsory.

https://www.unicef.org/media/106686/file/Transforming%20Education%20in%20Africa.pdf

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Q&A: How are African countries improving the quality of their …

(7 days ago) WEBIn about half of African countries, the out-of-school rate among primary school-age children is less than 10% while it is over 50% for the upper secondary school. This rate is increasing in several countries. The continental report Education in Africa : Placing equity at the heart of policy, jointly conducted by UNESCO and the African …

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/qa-how-are-african-countries-improving-quality-their-education

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Transforming Education in Africa UNICEF

(Just Now) WEBHighlights This report, “Transforming Education in Africa: An evidence-based overview and recommendations for long-term improvements”, highlights the progress made in the continent's education sector over the past decade from the perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals and the objectives of the Continental Education …

https://www.unicef.org/reports/transforming-education-africa

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Health and education UNESCO

(2 days ago) WEBAt UNESCO, inclusive and transformative education starts with healthy, happy and safe learners. Because children and young people who receive a good quality education are more likely to be healthy, and likewise those who are healthy are better able to learn and complete their education. Guided by the UNESCO Strategy on education for health …

https://www.unesco.org/en/health-education

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The Quality of Health and Education Systems Across …

(3 days ago) WEBThe Quality of Health and Education Systems Across Africa: Evidence from a Decade of Service Delivery Indicators Surveys. Washington, DC: World Bank. doi: 10.1596/978-1-4648-1675-8. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/36234/9781464816758.pdf?sequence=3

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An overview of health workforce education and accreditation in …

(4 days ago) WEBFor countries to achieve universal health coverage, they need to have well-functioning and resilient health systems. Achieving this requires a sufficient number of qualified health workers and this necessitates the importance of investments in producing and regulating health workers. It is projected that by 2030, Africa would need additional …

https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-022-00735-y

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West and central Africa: Planning education for better …

(8 days ago) WEBA critical mass of education officers across west and central Africa have developed new capacities to make progress on improving health and education outcomes for all. Nearly 160 education officers …

https://www.iiep.unesco.org/en/west-and-central-africa-planning-education-better-health-and-well-being-14429

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Inclusive Education and Health Performance in Sub Saharan Africa

(Just Now) WEBThe study assesses the effect of inclusive education on health performance in 48 Sub Saharan African countries from 2000 to 2020. The study adopted the Driscoll/Kraay technique to address cross-sectional dependence and the GMM strategy to address potential endogeneity. The study employed three indicators of health …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-022-03046-w

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The influence of education on health: an empirical assessment of …

(8 days ago) WEBA clear understanding of the macro-level contexts in which education impacts health is integral to improving national health administration and policy. In this research, we use a visual analytic approach to explore the association between education and health over a 20-year period for countries around the world. Using empirical data from the …

https://archpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13690-020-00402-5

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Improving access to quality public education in Africa

(Just Now) WEBGiven the importance of educating Africa’s children and youth, I would urge the committee to bolster USG attention, funding, and support to increase access to quality education.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/improving-access-to-quality-public-education-in-africa/

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An overview of health workforce education and accreditation in …

(1 days ago) WEBIt is projected that by 2030, Africa would need additional 6.1 million doctors, nurses, and midwives. However, based on the current trajectory, only 3.1 million would be trained and ready for service delivery. To reduce current shortages of the health workforce, Africa needs to educate and train 3.0 million additional health workers by 2030.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35525955/

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Africa’s future depends on its children’s foundational learning today

(1 days ago) WEBThis brings us to the Transforming Education Summit. Why is the summit important for Africa? The women’s empowerment, health, the African Continental Free Trade Area and other regional

https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/september-2022/africas-future-depends-its-childrens-foundational-learning-today

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The future of public health doctoral education in Africa: …

(3 days ago) WEB@article{Bukenya2024TheFO, title={The future of public health doctoral education in Africa: transforming higher education institutions to enhance research and practice}, author={Justine Bukenya and Derege Kebede and Henry Mwambi and Muhammed Pate and Philip Adongo and Yemane Berhane and Chelsey R. Canavan …

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-future-of-public-health-doctoral-education-in-Bukenya-Kebede/ea7c4fe352d9a925d9dfcf50650154f366e72a39

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South Africa CONTENTS - WHO Regional Office for Africa

(3 days ago) WEBThe education and health sectors, schools and teachers, communities and pupils are major stakeholder in the work reported in this case study. The value of education for health is commonly perceived, and education was suggested as a ‘social vaccine’ to prevent the spread of HIV, particularly in girl children where it is argued to promote sexual

https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2018-02/2014-03-06-the-healthy-schools-programme-in-south-africa.pdf

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Health Promotion - National Department of Basic Education

(Just Now) WEBSouth Africa is one of six countries (others are Swaziland, Zambia, Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique) implementing Phase 1 of the Programme between 2008 - 2015. The Departments of Basic Education and Health are jointly implementing the Integrated School Health Programme that will extend, over time, the …

https://www.education.gov.za/Programmes/HealthPromotion.aspx

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Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority

(6 days ago) WEBThe African continent is predicted to be home to over half of the expected global population growth between 2015 and 2050, highlighting the importance of addressing population health in Africa for improving public health globally. By 2050, nearly 60% of the population of the continent is expected to be living in urban areas and …

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-6674-8

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Trends and Challenges in Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE) …

(4 days ago) WEBPurpose of the Review. Adolescent sexual and reproductive health remains a major public health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Comprehensive sex education (CSE) has been hailed as a key strategy to inform young people about sexual health and wellbeing and prevent negative health outcomes.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10163565/

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Education in Africa. Placing equity at the heart of policy - UNESCO

(8 days ago) WEBThe report, jointly conducted by UNESCO and the African Union, is the first in what will become a regular stocktaking of education in Africa. It analyses progress made towards achieving the goals sets out in the Continental Education Strategy for Africa 2016-2025 and Sustainable Development Goal 4, and also outlines ongoing efforts and …

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/education-africa-placing-equity-heart-policy-continental-report

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(PDF) Systematic review of health communication strategies in Sub

(5 days ago) WEBMethods: We systematically reviewed existing literature on health communication strategies in sub-Saharan Africa to answer formulated questions. A Google search was performed in October 2022 with

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370508040_Systematic_review_of_health_communication_strategies_in_Sub-Saharan_Africa-2015-2022

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The impact of improper waste disposal on human health and the

(3 days ago) WEBThis underscores the importance of enhancing public education and outreach programs to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the potential dangers to human health. The insignificant relationship between information availability and community concern about health impacts emphasizes the need for improved communication …

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsus.2024.1386047

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Cultural Relativity and Acceptance of Embryonic Stem Cell …

(6 days ago) WEBVoices in Bioethics is currently seeking submissions on philosophical and practical topics, both current and timeless. Papers addressing access to healthcare, the bioethical implications of recent Supreme Court rulings, environmental ethics, data privacy, cybersecurity, law and bioethics, economics and bioethics, reproductive ethics, research …

https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/bioethics/article/view/12685

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(6 days ago) WEBThe Department of Ophthalmology at the University of the Free State (UFS) is the first university department in the region to collaborate with ORBIS, an international non-profit dedicated to combating avoidable blindness. The department head, Prof Wayne Marais, has also been selected to ORBIS’s esteemed international teaching team.Dr …

https://www.ufs.ac.za/templates/news-archive-item/campus-news/2024/may/head-of-department-of-ophthalmology-and-registrars-acknowledged-for-international-contributions

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