It's Time for Africa to Get Hands-On with Health

The best way for African leaders to contribute to WHO chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus' new vision is by dusting off the 2001 Abuja Declaration in which AU member states resolved to increase their health budgets to at least 15% of the state's annual budget, writes Oyewale Tomori for The Conversation Africa.

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