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Time to prioritize self-reliance programmes to manage Africa’s healthcare needs

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African countries should invest in homegrown health intervention programmes to withstand external funding shocks.

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  1. Traditional Medicine Laboratory, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

    Ebenezer Frimpong, Mlungisi Ngcobo & Nceba Gqaleni

  2. Africa Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa

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Frimpong, E., Ngcobo, M. & Gqaleni, N. Time to prioritize self-reliance programmes to manage Africa’s healthcare needs. Nat. Health 1, 164–166 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44360-025-00033-6

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