To solve Africa's health crises, we need to enlist women and girls

Apr 21, 2017

Girls stand inside their classroom at a primary school in Dobley town, 10 km (6 miles) from the Kenya-Somalia border, February 21, 2012. Kenyan troops rolled tanks and troops across its arid frontier into lawless Somalia, in another campaign to stamp out a rag-tag militia of Islamist rebels that has stoked terror throughout the region with threats of strikes. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (SOMALIA - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR2Y75F

We need to empower women and girls to promote and lead social-mobilization efforts in Africa. Image: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Matshidiso Moeti

Regional Director for Africa, World Health Organization.

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