Health Care, Education Are Top Priorities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Survey respondents in nine sub-Saharan African nations say health care and education are the top priority issues for their country, a report from the Pew Research Center finds. According to Health Care, Education Are Top Priorities in Sub-Saharan Africa (35 pages, PDF), 38 percent of survey respondents in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda said that improving heath care was the most important priority for their country, making it the top concern in every country except South Africa, where education was the top concern. The survey also found that 68 percent of respondents thought their country needed more foreign aid, with the share of respondents agreeing with the statement ranging from 89 percent in Senegal to 26 percent in South Africa; 78 percent saying they are very or somewhat confident in their national government, compared to 70 percent who said the same of foreign aid organizations; and 56 percent saying they believe their children will be financially better off as adults than they are.
