Africa needs its own medical research for its health issues, experts say
Voice of America
FILE - Scientists at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, work on a variant of the COVID-19 virus on Dec. 15, 2021. Some health experts in Africa are saying the continent needs to do more of its own research on the ailments most affecting Africans.
One of the hurdles to improving health care systems for African countries is the shortage of scientists and lack of meaningful medical research on the continent, experts say.
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