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What The Hollywood Strike Should Teach Us About Healthcare

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) embarked on a strike on July 13th, in an effort to address several pressing concerns within the...

African Youth And The Future Of The Healthcare Workforce

Summary: As the brain drain across the African continent continues unabated, it behooves governments, policy makers and other...

The Future of Healthcare in Africa

Introduction: How much does Africa spend on healthcare? By all accounts, healthcare in Africa remains the worst in the world. Per capita...

Healthcare In Africa 2022

After a near-death experience around the age of 13, I promised that if I grew up to see adulthood, I would become a doctor to learn to...

National Mental Health Awareness Month

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. Our mental health affects our physical health in many ways. Unfortunately in the minority...

The Trouble With Black Men

According to data from the CDC, the death rate for African-Americans decreased by 25% from 1999 to 2015. However, African-Americans ages...

HOW DO I KNOW IF I’M FAT?

A patient asked me the other day if I thought he was fat. I smiled and almost brushed his question aside but quickly realized he was...