Migration and primary healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.

Background:  Migration in Africa is increasing and driven by a variety of inter-related socio-economic, conflict and climate-related causes. Primary healthcare (PHC) migration on PHC service will be in the forefront of responding to the associated health issues.

Aim:  This study aimed to review the literature on the effect of migration on PHC service delivery in Africa and the challenges facing migrants in accessing PHC.

A scoping review on family medicine in sub-Saharan Africa: practice, positioning and impact in African health care systems.

Background: Family medicine (FM) is a relatively new discipline in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), still struggling to find its place in the African health systems. The aim of this review was to describe the current status of FM in SSA and to map existing evidence of its strengths, weaknesses, effectiveness and impact, and to identify knowledge gaps.

Methods: A scoping review was conducted by systematically searching a wide variety of databases to map the existing evidence.