Tag: Features

By John Musenze KAMPALA – As Africa grapples with a rising tide of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), overstretched health systems and declining donor aid, experts say the continent is sitting on an underused but highly effective solution—health taxes. In a newly released report, The Future of Health Financing in Africa: The Role of Health Taxes, public…

  By Omolola Afolabi In the spring of 2014, 18-year-old Katie Stubblefield, a promising high school student, shot herself in the face in a suicide attempt. She did not lose her life, but lost her face. After undergoing 22 reconstructive surgeries, she was given a completely new face from a “donor” who died of drug…