Can we ever achieve the greatest aspiration – healthcare for everyone?

Can we ever achieve the greatest aspiration – healthcare for everyone?

If the workers are not healthy then the economy won’t be healthy – it’s a simple truth.

Ali Joseph, a driver in the Tanzanian port city of Dar es Salaam, knows this better than most. Driving to work one morning, a lorry ploughed into Ali’s autorickshaw, breaking his pelvis and burning his legs.

Ali’s injuries required hospital treatment. But with his earnings lost, the household finances could not support a long stay, a situation that contributed to his long-term disabilities. His wife, Amina, who previously earned a living selling padlocks to people stuck in traffic on the city’s congested roads, had to rotate street hawking with caring for Ali, a responsibility she shared with her daughters. Their eldest sons had to leave secondary school to make ends meet.
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