The African health systems, social media clinics, challenges and prospects

The African health delivery systems have a long history, deeply embedded in cultural norms, ethnic fusion and orientation, religious and traditional beliefs, including the dominant health delivery system.

The continent is at crossroads in terms of convincing the world about the sustainability of its health status and appropriacy.

Many traditionalists and religious practitioners have chosen the social media as a medium of advertising their wares, especially herbal medicines that will have by-passed stringent quality control.

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