African Healthcare Business and Investment Opportunities

Authors

  • Babatunde Omilola Public Health, Security and Nutrition Division, The African Development Bank Group, Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire
  • N’doh A. Sanogo Public Health, Security and Nutrition Division, The African Development Bank Group, Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire

Abstract

As the cost of medical care continues to increase in many developed countries (e.g., United States), as well as in some developing nations, with no or little improvement in population level health indicators (e.g., infant mortality), the limits to curative, clinical medicine becomes apparent.

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Published

2024-08-31

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Babatunde Omilola, & N’doh A. Sanogo. (2024). African Healthcare Business and Investment Opportunities. Public Health - Open Journal, 10(2), 14–16. Retrieved from https://openventio.us/index.php/PHOJ/article/view/2321

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2025): Volume 10 Issue 2 2025

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