Senior citizens. There has been a significant improvement in the state of health in Africa with healthy life expectancy increasing from 50.9 years to 53.8 between 2012 and 2015. FOTOSEARCH
The World Health Organisation’s State of Health in Africa report has lauded countries like Algeria for good coverage of available health services, Cape Verde for good community demand for essential services, and resilience of health systems while Mauritius tops the list for access to services.
Namibia recorded good financial risk protection, Seychelles had good coverage of health-related services and South Africa boasted good health security.