he African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine (PHCFM) welcomes submissions that encourages scholarly exchange between family medicine and primary health care researchers and practitioners across Africa, whilst providing a contextual and holistic view of family medicine as practised across the continent. The journal is indispensable for primary health care practitioners, family medicine specialists and academics from both the developing and developed worlds, and offers an engaging insight into the growth of these disciplines from a distinctly African perspective.

PHCFM seeks to publish innovative research and clinical reviews in all aspects of primary health care and family medicine in the African context including, but not limited to:

  • family medicine
  • primary health care
  • district health care
  • rural health care
  • health promotion
  • prevention of disease and disability
  • community-oriented primary health care
  • education and training of professionals and health workers in family medicine and primary health care.

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