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Product Identifiers
PublisherWorld Industries Bank Publications
ISBN-100821384724
ISBN-139780821384725
eBay Product ID (ePID)99468134
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHealthy Partnerships : How Governments Can Engage the Private Sector to Improve Health in Africa
Publication Year2011
SubjectIntergovernmental Organizations, Law Enforcement, Health Policy, World / African
TypeTextbook
AuthorWorld Bank
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Medical
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight20.1 Oz
Item Length10.9 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2011-015197
IllustratedYes
SynopsisSince the private health sector is an important, and often dominant, provider of health services in Sub-Saharan Africa, it is the job of governments as the stewards of the health system to engage with it. Increasing the contributions that the existing private health sector is making to public health is an important, but often neglected, element of meeting the daunting health-related challenges facing African nations. This Report presents newly collected data on how and how effectively each country in the Africa region is engaging the respective private health sectors; and how the engagement compares across the region. While the approach taken by governments varies greatly between countries, there is much room for improvement in the Africa region overall to engage more effectively and room for exchange of ideas and good practices on how to do so. Improved solutions on the policy/regulatory side should be supported by effective organization of the private sector itself and by adjustments in donor programs that take the dynamics of the private health sector better into account., Presents newly collected data on how and how effectively each country in Africa is engaging their respective private health sectors; and how that engagement compares across the region.