Why Africa Needs Wellbeing Economies

Orienting our economies toward wellbeing requires that while we work hard toward accessible health care, we work even harder toward health creation by transforming the systems driving up the need for healthcare. We are living through a disruptive time in history as a result of the coronavirus. The pandemic has amplified pre-existing societal fractures ranging from unequal access to health, to socio-economic vulnerability, to racism and gender-based violence. It has also forced us to be more

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