05.09.2017
African politicians seeking medical help abroad is shameful, and harms health care

The Conversation "There is an African idiom that if a man does not eat at home, he may never give his wife enough money to cook a good pot of soup. This might just be true when applied to politicians on the continent seeking medical help anywhere but home. (...) The picture painted above is shameful. As long as Africa’s leaders keep going abroad for medical reasons, the ambition for better health infrastructure will remain an illusion." (Photo. President Jacob Zuma and President Muhammadu Buhari hold a tete-a-tete at the State House in Abuja, Nigeria./GovernmentZA/flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0)