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/ 3 April 2008

Why Africa must make health spending a priority

Africa must make higher health spending a priority if it is to stop rich nations poaching medical staff and cut deaths from the continent’s five biggest killers, an African health campaign group said. Tuberculosis, HIV/Aids, malaria, child and maternal mortality kill about eight million Africans every year, more than the combined populations of Sierra Leone and Botswana.