WHO Africa sees 10-year growth in healthy life expectancy

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ” Africa recorded a ten-year growth in its healthy life expectancy from 2000 to 2019, the World Health Organization Africa office said Thursday, exceeding the global average and progress seen in any other region over the same period. The healthy life expectancy in the region œrose by almost ten years to stand at 56 years in 2019 compared with 46 years in the year 2000, Dr. Lindiwe Makubalo, assistant regional Director for WHO Africa, said at an online briefing, citing the new WHO™s State of Health in Africa report. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]