The report analyzes the challenges and opportunities for health in sub-Saharan Africa based on rigorous appraisal of new evidence and past experiences. The authors present key opportunities, messages and recommendation to improve the health of Africans by 2030. One of the greatest historic public health opportunities highlighted by the Commission is the prevention of a looming tobacco epidemic to mitigate the continent’s growing threat of noncommunicable diseases.
The path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030: The Lancet Commission on the future of health in sub-Saharan Africa
Written By
Agyepong IA, Sewankambo N, Binagwaho A, Coll-Seck AM, Corrah T, Ezeh A, Fekadu A, Kilonzo N, Lamptey P, Masiye F, Mayosi B, Mboup S, Muyembe JJ, Pate M, Sidibe M, Simons B, Tlou S, Gheorghe A, Legido-Quigley H, McManus J, Ng E, O’Leary M, Enoch J, Kassebaum N, Piot P
