Opinion
Shima’s Opinion: Defrocking the doctor. Shima Gyoh is unhappy at the prospect that the European trend towards discarding the doctor’s white coat might spread to his home patch. Shima Gyoh
Opinion
Francis’ Opinion: Africa’s journey towards Universal Health Coverage. UHC is both a vision and a mission says Francis Omaswa. The critical bit is defining how to cost and finance the packages of service. Francis Omaswa
Newsdesk
Newsdesk: A round-up of news including: The Ebola crisis; Parasitic worm is thriving in East Africa; The new Wateraid interactive map shows realistic goals for all Africans
Malaria
Malaria: Malaria in pregnancy control services still lag below targets. Prof. William R Brieger
Human capacity
Human capacity: Providing effective capacity building interventions in developing programmes. Sameh Youssef, Senior Health Consultant, Crown Agents
Medicine Publishing
Medicine Publishing: Itch. Tabi Anika Leslie
Haematological emergencies. Various contributing authors
The blood in systemic disease. Ted Gordon-Smith
(These articles are reproduced by kind permission of Medicine Publishing www.medicinejournal.co.uk. Copyright 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd)
Clinical Review
Clinical Review: Public Health
Medicine Digest
Medicine Digest: Surgery; Paediatrics; Cardiovascular; Tuberculosis; Psychiatry; Respiratory; Misc
CPD Challenge
CPD Challenge: Test yourself on the articles appearing in this edition of Africa Health. Answers on page 46.
Clinical Quiz
Clinical Quiz: Keeping an eye. Answers on page 37.
Publishing Partners
Publishing Partners: An update on activities from our Publishing Partners