MEDICAL TOURISM: HOW IT IS AFFECTING AFRICA’s HEALTHCARE ECONOMY

MEDICAL TOURISM: HOW IT IS AFFECTING AFRICA’s HEALTHCARE ECONOMY

Annually, thousands of people globally travel abroad seeking affordable advanced medical care. This is one of the easiest ways to get a passport. Common medical procedures that people undergo on medical tourism trips include dental care, surgery, cosmetic surgery, fertility treatments, organ and tissue transplantation, and cancer treatment – per CDC. This has less been common in Africa, but due to the increasing number of health issues that cannot be cured locally, and the spread of…

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