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Esther Clift’s African Blog Series Part 4: ‘Healthy ageing’

Date
07 October 2016
Category
Health Economics
Healthy Ageing
International
Policy
Health Economics
Healthy Ageing
International
Policy
16
Sep
2016

Esther Clift's African Blog Series Part 1: 'Superstition'

Esther Clift is a Consultant Practitioner Trainee in Frailty with Health Education Wessex.

23
Sep
2016

Esther Clift’s African Blog Series Part 2: 'The concept of Mzee and Heshima'

It is well recognised that in much of East Africa the concept of ‘Heshima’ or respect for ‘Wazee’ is still widely practised.

30
Sep
2016

Esther Clift’s African Blog Series, part 3: 'Palliative care'

In the third part of a four part BGS blog series about her time in Africa, Esther Clift reflects on the scourge of Aids and the avialability of palliative care and how it c

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