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Ministries of health in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Zambia, Uganda, and South African, were reported to have begun planning health system reform including hospital accreditation before 2002. However, most hospitals in Africa are administered by local health ministries or missionary organizations without accreditation programs.
Other countries in this region with large numbers of hospitals include Democratic Republic of Congo (435), Kenya (399) and South Africa (337). [1] The following list shows links to Lists of healthcare and hospital articles where they exist in Wikipedia and categories for hospitals in sovereign states in Africa.
Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (colloquially known as Bara) is a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the largest hospital in Africa and seventh largest hospital in the world. [1] It has 6,760 staff members, 3,400 beds and occupies 70 ha (170 acres). The hospital is located in Soweto, south of Johannesburg. It is one of the ...
The plan consisted of twin North and South complexes, 370m long and ninety metres wide, divided into five hospital blocks. [1]: 215 The two complexes were divided by a wide enclosed walkway named Hospital Street that contained the lifts, public and staff facilities, cafes, post office, bank, chapel, library, and childcare centre.
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital was established on 9 October 1923 and has grown from an initial 200-bed capacity to 2,000. It is currently the third largest hospital in Africa and the leading national referral centre in Ghana.
The union was founded in 1989, when the Hospital Public Servants' Association merged with the Association of Cape Provincial Hospitals, forming the Hospital Personnel Association of South Africa. In 1993, it joined the Federation of South African Labour Unions (FEDSAL), at which time, it had 40,714 members.
The hospital has been the primary source of healthcare for the surrounding region since it was founded in 1913. Periodic upgrades were made to the facility. [9] The U.S. National Institutes of Health has recognized the hospital's research laboratory as one of five leading facilities in Africa engaged in scientific studies of malaria. Children ...
The largest hospitals in the country are located in Bangui district. As a member of the World Health Organization , the Central African Republic receives vaccination assistance. [ 9 ] In 2007, female life expectancy at birth was 48.2 years, and male life expectancy 45.1 years.