The African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine (PHCFM), launched in 2008, is the official journal of WONCA (World Organization of Family Doctors) Africa Region and the PRIMAFAMED (Primary Care and Family Medicine) network. It provides a platform for scholarly exchange among family medicine and primary healthcare researchers and practitioners across Africa and reflects a contextual and holistic view of healthcare as practised across the continent. The journal is relevant to a wide variety of researchers and practitioners in district level health services, including family physicians, general practitioners, public health practitioners, nurses, midwives, clinical officers, psychologists, educationalists, social scientists as well as other specialists and therapists. PHCFM seeks to publish innovative research, reviews, country profiles, short reports, editorials, therapeutic letters, and opinion pieces on all aspects of primary healthcare and family medicine in the African context. We welcome basic, clinical, health services, health systems and educational research. Submissions should be focused on the African region, and research data should be from family medicine or primary health care settings. In addition to the main journal, there are three sub-sections that focus on Pain Management and Palliative Care, Sexual Health, and Maternal and Neonatal Health. Calls are also made on a regular basis for special collections on relevant topics in the field of family medicine and primary health care.
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