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Systems of Care in Africa

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Facilitating Pathways

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Rapid change against a background of complex diversity is the most prominent feature of Africa today. Threat and promise are engaged in a struggle for supremacy. While nations battle for independence, and revolutionaries cut swathes of instability across the continent, great statesmen rise up to lead the way to peace and prosperity. As countries buckle under poverty and famine, Africa’s leaders forge global alliances to secure equitable opportunities for developing regions of the world. Africa, “the slumbering giant”, is stirring.

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  1. Dept. of Psychiatry & Mental Health, University of Cape Town Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa

    Brian Robertson MD (Prof.)

  2. WHO Office for Africa, P.O. Box BE 733, Harare, Zimbabwe

    Dr. Custodia Mandlhate

  3. Dept. of Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, 36 Moustafa Fahmi Street, Gleem, Alexandria, Egypt

    Amira Seif El Din PhD (Prof.)

  4. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fann, BP 5097, Dakar-Fann, Dakar-Fann, Senegal

    Birama Seck MD (Prof.)

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  1. Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie, Klinikum der Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Sachs-Str. 4 und 6, 35033, Marburg, Germany

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Robertson, B., Mandlhate, C., El Din, A.S., Seck, B. (2004). Systems of Care in Africa. In: Remschmidt, H., Belfer, M.L., Goodyer, I. (eds) Facilitating Pathways. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18611-0_8

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