---
title: "Health Care, Education Are Top Priorities in Sub-Saharan Africa"
description: "People in sub-Saharan Africa are optimistic about their future, but they also recognize that their countries face tremendous challenges — identifying health care and education as top concerns."
date: "2015-09-16"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2015/09/16/health-care-education-are-top-priorities-in-sub-saharan-africa-2/"
categories:
  - "Climate, Energy & Environment"
  - "Economic Conditions"
  - "Global Economy & Trade"
  - "Global Trade"
  - "Health Policy"
  - "Medicine & Health"
  - "Organizations, Alliances & Treaties"
---

# Health Care, Education Are Top Priorities in Sub-Saharan Africa