Placing people at the heart of African health systems

Evidence shows that primary healthcare improves health outcomes, equity, and health system efficiency, and that it is the operational strategy for achieving universal health coverage.1 An average 48% of the population in Africa have access to primary healthcare, which means that the healthcare needs of around 615 million Africans are not being met. For universal health coverage to be universal, a shift is urgently needed from health systems designed around diseases and institutions to those designed around prioritisation of people. Without this shift, health systems will become increasingly inefficient and unsustainable; unable to cope with climate change, epidemics, and non-communicable diseases.

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