DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 4 -- PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassans call for African nations to invest in specialised healthcare is timely and a policy recommendation.

It is a compelling vision for the continents next phase of liberation, one defined not by political sovereignty alone, but by the ability to care for its own people.

Speaking at the inauguration of the President Julius Nyerere Burn Treatment Hospital in Luanda, Angola, President Samia drew a powerful parallel between the struggle for political independence led by Africas founding fathers and the modern struggle for economic and social selfreliance.

Her message was clear: True independence is incomplete if African countries continue to depend on foreign hospitals for life-saving spec...