Despite the rising burden of stroke across Africa, there is no continent-wide framework or standardised protocol for stroke management.
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To attain a new health order, African governments need to bolster investment in research and development, innovation and manufacturing of health tools.
Lassa outbreaks are becoming more widespread in Nigeria but have not been given national emergency status like Ebola.
To tackle the increasing burden of diabetes in Africa, health systems on the continent need to be strengthened.
The power to overcoming Ebola was in public awareness by performing simple yet basic infection prevention and control measures like washing hands, isolation and reporting suspected cases.
To tackle Zika and other viral outbreaks, we need to focus not only on the pathology of the disease, but also on the global political and economic architecture.
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Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape
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Medical Epidemiologist , Washington State University
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Professor in Global Health, King's College London
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Extraordinary Professor, Global Health, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council
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Senior Director, Emerging Threats and Global Health Security, FIND, Geneva, Switzerland and Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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PhD Student/Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Utah