Africa's Push for Universal Health Coverage

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Lolem Ngong, a global public health expert, discusses Africa's efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030.

We only have seven years to attain Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Africa n region still has lots of work to do.

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