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International News West Africa Concerned About Brain Drain, Disease, PovertyJuly 16, 2009 The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recently "expressed concern" about growing rates of brain drain, disease and poverty in African countries, and urged leaders to intervene, Vanguard/allAfrica.com reports. Yahaya Sandari, ECOWAS' Committee on Health and Social Services chairman, said increasing cases of AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and polio are significantly impacting the economic growth of member countries and "that Africa bears 24 percent of [the global] health burden and the same Africa only has 3 percent of medical staff on its territory" (Edike, 7/15). Back to other news for July 2009
 This article was provided by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. It is a part of the publication Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report.
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