Opinion
Shima’s Opinion: Primary Health Care in danger in Nigeria. Shima Gyoh reflects on what might have been if policies he helped set in motion 25 years ago had been built upon. Shima Gyoh
Opinion
Francis’ Opinion: International Recruitment of Health Personnel will be a mega trend in the next decade. Francis Omaswa laments Africa’s poor performance in submitting its reports on health migration, and points to the continuing international crisis. Francis Omaswa
Newsdesk
Newsdesk: A round-up of news including: First rapid blood test for Ebola been approved for use; Call for mines to invest in African health systems; Measles vaccination rates in parts of Africa surpass those in the US
Invest in malaria
Invest in malaria: Invest in malaria is to invest in development? What is the correlation at the national level. Prof. William R Brieger
Severe malaria
Severe malaria: Providing timely access to pre-referral treatment for severe malaria: how ready is the market in sub-Saharan Africa? Ioana Ursu and Meghan Kumar, on behalf of Medicines for Malaria Venture
Health strengthening
Health strengthening: Building a responsive and results-driven World Health Organization in Africa. Dr. Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, World Health Organizations Regional Director for Africa
Medicine Publishing
Medicine Publishing: Anatomy of the heart. Robert H Whitaker
Laboratory diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections. Catherine A Ison, Jennifer Tosswill and Sarah Alexander
Management of sexually transmitted infections in non-genitourinary specialists settings. Peter Nall
(These articles are reproduced by kind permission of Medicine Publishing www.medicinejournal.co.uk. Copyright 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd)
Clinical Review
Clinical Review: Ophthalmology; STI
Medicine Digest
Medicine Digest: Infection; Dermatology; Obs & Gyn; Paediatrics; Respiratory; Diabetes; Critical care; 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: Getting breathless. Answers on page 35.
Publishing Partners
Publishing Partners: An update on activities from our Publishing Partners