Politics and health care in Africa

[Gozie51]

As flight seem to have gradually resumed It is not hidden that African "rulers" and political office holders especially from West Africa, go for medical terrorism (edit: tourism, sorry guys) to other continent for checkups and treatment. They are the major patronizers of these flights.

Some of these countries have the resources to better the health care system of their zone but have not thought it fit to do the needful.

I have identified the reasons that this calamity has befall the African health care system as :

1. Low budget to Health system: I mean this says it all. Most African government pay leap service to budget to health care. In fact, generally, they seem to be aloof to the functions of budgetary itself as some budget don't start running or operational by the identified calendar year , from January to December. This is why they would have very low budget to health sector. Mali for example has a very low budget for health and that is the reason hee health sector ranks the worst Africa. South Africa and Rwanda are topping in best talking about Africa.

2. Politics/decision: Obviously, health care issues have not been a top priority in the discuss of many Africa Country's Parliament

3.Poor Leadership and Management: Almost every aspect of Africa section is ill managed. People in charge are lackadaisical, they don't handle and treat facilities properly.

4.Corruption: If I don't single this point, corruption in a single file, then it means I'm not living in Africa   Corruption is a big problem not only in Africa but in other continent. Any country that swims in corruption isn't going to move forward because corruption is a bane to progress.
Here corruption involves diverting even the little budget made for health sector to personal property.

Advise: If Africa and indeed West Africa moves away from corruption, more progress will be achieved.

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[Naida_BR]

The biggest and worst reason is the Corruption.
Politicians spend money for themselves in Africa and this is why the do not allocate a lot of budget to the Health Care system.
I am not living in Africa but I think that this is a regular situation in many countries in the continent.

[Gozie51]

The biggest and worst reason is the Corruption.

I am not living in Africa but I think that this is a regular situation in many countries in the continent.

Yes is corruption. The challenge in Africa is that they have not been able to sentence outcome government to jail because of the inequality of law in the African setting. This is unfortunate in all angle.

[Pacific10]

I think the central problem is placing less value on human life. Economists say each human life is worth about $10 million dollars. But I think that's just in theory for most African leaders. We you don't value human lives there is no way or reason you will do anything to improve it.

The reality of it played out during the lockdown because those African leaders who couldn't fly out for checkups suffered for it too.

[Coyster]

The problem with the health care system in Africa starts from the education sector, that sector is 'poor' in many parts of Africa, with inadequate learning facilities/equipments for students studying to be doctors, this negligence by the government later comes back to affect the health system, when doctors aren't qualitfied as much as they should be. The wealthy (mostly the politicians) hence have to seek better medical care in the western world, whilst the doctors who can afford to go for more specialization abroad, leave the shores of Africa to the West, to gain more experience, afterwards which many of them never return, but end up practicing abroad. This circle continues this way and African countries lose their best hands to the west due to underdevelopment, while their health care system never improves.

As flight seem to have gradually resumed It is not hidden that African "rulers" and political office holders especially from West Africa, go for medical terrorism...

You mean treatment right?

[Gozie51]

You mean treatment right?

Yes, medical tourism.

The problem with the health care system in Africa starts from the education sector, that sector is 'poor' in many parts of Africa, with inadequate learning facilities/equipments for students studying to be doctors, this negligence by the government later comes back to affect the health system, when doctors aren't qualitfied as much as they should be. The wealthy (mostly the politicians) hence have to seek better medical care in the western world, whilst the doctors who can afford to go for more specialization abroad, leave the shores of Africa to the West, to gain more experience, afterwards which many of them never return, but end up practicing abroad. This circle continues this way and African countries lose their best hands to the west due to underdevelopment, while their health care system never

About African government or country, I don't put blame on the citizen or student at first. I blame the people that the mantle of leadership has been given to either by election, quasi election, selection, ascension or appointment. These category of people have the political and economic strength given to them in form of contract to guild, lead or control the will of the citizen as a government. That means power and authority are bestowed on government to do what should be reasonably right.

My point is, I'm blaming the African government for ills in the African medical health system and failure in governance in general.

[Lordhermes]

Africa still remains joke point in the political and economical gossips all days. Africa is backward and only race that that survive on other race without declaring on theirs. Africa is constitute of many resources that depends on other race for usage, Africa has the hihjers corrupt leaders in the world, the medical setup in Africa is a poor one to the extent that citizens die everyday because of poor heath centers and isn't fair for good governance, looting money is major priority to political leaders before voted in, investing in health sector is a major problems while they(leaders) fly to other continent for standard medical checkups paying huge dun of money for that. I only think the best way of solving this problem is electing young leaders in the system that feels the pain of her citizen.

[Gozie51]

I only think the best way of solving this problem is electing young leaders in the system that feels the pain of her citizen.

I have thought about that myself, as one of the solution but do you know the kind of money that these corrupt politicians disburse around during electionery for lobbying and bribe to delegates, voters etc. The young ones can not afford the financial challenges to with stand a politician who has been stealing money from government all his or herlife.

Do you know that many politicians sell their choice properties, lands included just to rig themselves into power.

When they sell these land, they would want to get back what they spent for the election first before thinking of how to be productive in office and before you say jack, tenure has been completed and another comes and go, they keep circling like that.

The solution for me is to demonitize the election and put a very little and reasonable limit of money to spend during the time of the election in the constitution

[GeorgeJohn]

2. Politics/decision: Obviously, health care issues have not been a top priority in the discuss of many Africa Country's Parliament

3.Poor Leadership and Management: Almost every aspect of Africa section is ill managed. People in charge are lackadaisical, they don't handle and treat facilities properly.

The major problem today is government and political leaders,because them have turned everything as politics,even though their are ask to execute a project,or awarded project are signed to them for the benefit of masses or less privilege, what will come to their mind is embezzlement.
So corruption has taken over government, their not after health Status of their people irrespective the situation, their only care for themselves.

[GeorgeJohn]

It's not only in Africa, things like this happen in every 3rd world country and I feel sad for this.

Yeah...it's not only African its happens, it really occur in some other countries but op used African as a case study,but know that in respective how good is a country their must be a bad egg.

[Gozie51]

but op used African as a case study

Yes as a case study. And I feel Africa has the worse case because it has the resource to give good life to citizen but corruption is the order of things happening.

[Charles-Tim]

Advise: If Africa and indeed West Africa moves away from corruption, more progress will be achieved.

The problem African countries are having is more than corruption, although, with act of love will lessen corruptio, possibly things could be better, but many other criteria must be involved. Initiating another thinking mindsets is a requisite, when are Africans will stop depending on whites, they like depending on whites. The whites are producing but Africans are buying, they do not want to create anything of their own, if they even make one, it can be inferior. Cars, ships, aeroplanes and many others like computers and smartphones are not being produced from Africa. Then, do not expect anything good yet from Africa until they believe they can do all these and started making steps towards producing companies. These have to be started by African governments which will make it almost impossible.

[BADecker]

Looks like more problems ahead for Africa... because they listen to Western medicine.


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[akram143]

Infrastructure may get better in Africa but their standard of life is not going to get better since they are already trapped by Chinese debt projects and for sure they are not going to return back the money in the certain time so they will lose their land for Chinese government and they will loot all the resources publicly after that.

Corruption is like cancer, if they don't get treatment in the early days then it will be fatal, so try to create better leadership and it can be achieved by their citizen only.

[Dorodha]

African politics and healthcare were underdeveloped they were discriminated against in almost all respects. they are improving a lot compared to before politically they are not being discriminated against and are allocating a lot to the health sector. There is a tendency to go from house to house for treatment different countries of the world are helping. Many countries including China Europe and the United States have extended a helping hand to improve Africa.