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Imagining a new future for health systems in Africa

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Mathieu Lamiaux |

TED@BCG London

• June 2015

How can Africa, a continent that has 54% of the world's communicable diseases but only 2% of the world's doctors, develop a healthcare system that is both efficient and effective? Healthcare consultant Mathieu Lamiuex believes emerging economies could outperform developed nations' healthcare systems by "leapfrogging" over their inefficiencies and deeply embedded mistakes. By creating an innovative and adaptive system based on modern innovations, Lamiuex believes we could do much more with much less.

How can Africa, a continent that has 54% of the world's communicable diseases but only 2% of the world's doctors, develop a healthcare system that is both efficient and effective? Healthcare consultant Mathieu Lamiuex believes emerging economies could outperform developed nations' healthcare systems by "leapfrogging" over their inefficiencies and deeply embedded mistakes. By creating an innovative and adaptive system based on modern innovations, Lamiuex believes we could do much more with much less.

About the speaker

Mathieu Lamiaux

Mathieu Lamiaux

Health systems researcher

Mathieu Lamiaux is a Senior Partner and Managing Director in the Paris office of BCG with more than 15 years of experience working with governments, international institutions, NGOs, civil society and private sector to improve access to care in emerging economies. He also advises the World Economic Forum on a multi-year project to explore the development of efficient and effective health systems in emerging economies.

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