Comment Burden of disease in francophone Africa 1990–2017: the triple penalty?

摘要

Recently, several francophone countries in Africa havebecome the epicentre of major infectious diseaseoutbreaks. In 2014, Guinea contended with Ebola, andcurrently the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing theworld’s worst measles outbreak.1 Given this situation, itis worth taking a look at potential differences betweenanglophone and francophone regions. Such reflectioncan serve as a first step towards attracting the resources,partnerships, and commitments necessary to mobiliseattention to francophone Africa’s disproportionatelylow rankings on all human development indices.