A scoping review of current trends of multisectoral collaborations for health within the education, agriculture, and environment sectors in Anglophone Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Anglophone Africa, addressing the double disease burden of disease requires coordinated action across both the health and non-health sectors. Despite the existence of policies advocating this multisectoral collaborations, implementation remains limited and inconsistent across the continent. This scoping review explored multisectoral collaboration for health in the education, agriculture and environment sectors in Anglophone Africa in order to understand the existence and effectiveness of policies and activities within these sectors that contribute to the prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases.

Methods

A scoping review was conducted across peer-reviewed and grey literature published between 2004 and 2024. It was guided by the Joanna

SUBMITTER: Iloabachie UV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12689582 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature