Healthy Partnerships : How
            Governments Can Engage the Private Sector to Improve Health
            in Africa

International Finance Corporation

dc.creator	International Finance Corporation
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:03:43Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:03:43Z
dc.date	2011
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:34:22Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:34:22Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000386194_20110518050813
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8472-5
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2304
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242684
dc.description	Health systems across Africa are in urgent need of improvement. The public sector should not be expected to shoulder the burden of directly providing the needed services alone, nor can it, given the current realities of African health systems. Therefore to achieve necessary improvements, governments will need to rely more heavily on the private health sector. Indeed, private providers already play a significant role in the health sector in Africa and are expected to continue to play a key role, and private providers serve all income levels across sub- Saharan Africa's health systems. The World Health Organization (WHO) and others have identified improvements in the way governments interact with and make use of their private health sectors as one of the key ingredients to health systems improvements. Across the African region, many ministries of health are actively seeking to increase the contributions of the private health sector. However, relatively little is known about the details of engagement; that is, the roles and responsibilities of the players, and what works and what does not. A better understanding of the ways that governments and the private health sector work together and can work together more effectively is needed. This Report assesses and compares the ways in which African governments are engaging with their private health sectors. Engagement is defined, for the purposes of this report, to mean the deliberate, systematic collaboration of the government and the private health sector according to national health priorities, beyond individual interventions and programs. With effective engagement, one of the main constraints to better private sector contributions can be addressed, which in turn should improve the performance of health systems overall.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ABILITY TO PAY
dc.subject	ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject	ACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subject	AGED
dc.subject	ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
dc.subject	BABY
dc.subject	BIRTH ATTENDANT
dc.subject	BIRTH ATTENDANTS
dc.subject	CENTER FOR HEALTH
dc.subject	CESAREAN SECTION
dc.subject	CHILD CARE
dc.subject	CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject	CHILDBIRTH
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	CLINICAL PRACTICE
dc.subject	CLINICS
dc.subject	COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subject	COMMUNITY HEALTH
dc.subject	COMPETITION AMONG PROVIDERS
dc.subject	CONTRACEPTION
dc.subject	CRITICAL CARE
dc.subject	DEATH RATE
dc.subject	DEATHS
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DISEASE CONTROL
dc.subject	DISPENSARIES
dc.subject	DISSEMINATION
dc.subject	DOCTORS
dc.subject	DRUGS
dc.subject	EMERGENCIES
dc.subject	EPIDEMIC
dc.subject	EXISTING RESOURCES
dc.subject	FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject	FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL INTEREST
dc.subject	FINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	FINANCING HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	FINANCING OF HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	FRACTURES
dc.subject	GLOBAL POPULATION
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE ACCESS
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE MARKETS
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE PROVISION
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE SECTOR
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE SPENDING
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
dc.subject	HEALTH CENTERS
dc.subject	HEALTH DATA
dc.subject	HEALTH DATABASE
dc.subject	HEALTH EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	HEALTH EXPENDITURE BY SOURCE
dc.subject	HEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subject	HEALTH FINANCING
dc.subject	HEALTH INFORMATION
dc.subject	HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject	HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
dc.subject	HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	HEALTH MAINTENANCE
dc.subject	HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	HEALTH MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject	HEALTH POLICY
dc.subject	HEALTH PROVIDERS
dc.subject	HEALTH PROVISION
dc.subject	HEALTH SECTOR
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICE
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEMS
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING
dc.subject	HEALTH WORKERS
dc.subject	HEALTH-CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS
dc.subject	HEALTH-CARE SERVICES
dc.subject	HIV
dc.subject	HMO
dc.subject	HOSPITAL
dc.subject	HOSPITALS
dc.subject	HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHT
dc.subject	ILLNESS
dc.subject	IMMUNIZATION
dc.subject	IMMUNODEFICIENCY
dc.subject	IMPACT EVALUATIONS
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INDEXES
dc.subject	INFORMAL CARE
dc.subject	INFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subject	INFORMATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	INTERMEDIARIES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	INTERVENTION
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LEGAL STATUS
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	MALARIA
dc.subject	MATERNAL HEALTH
dc.subject	MATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subject	MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO
dc.subject	MEASLES
dc.subject	MEDICAL CARE
dc.subject	MEDICAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	MEDICAL PERSONNEL
dc.subject	MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
dc.subject	MEDICAL STAFF
dc.subject	MEDICAL SUPPLIES
dc.subject	MEDICINES
dc.subject	MIDWIFE
dc.subject	MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject	MINISTRIES OF HEALTH
dc.subject	MINISTRY OF HEALTH
dc.subject	MODERN FAMILY
dc.subject	MODERN FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject	MODERN FAMILY PLANNING METHODS
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	NATIONAL HEALTH
dc.subject	NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject	NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FUND
dc.subject	NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	NATIONAL POLICIES
dc.subject	NATURE OF HEALTH
dc.subject	NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	NONPROFIT SECTOR
dc.subject	NURSES
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	OFFICIAL POLICY
dc.subject	PATIENT
dc.subject	PATIENTS
dc.subject	PHARMACIES
dc.subject	PHARMACISTS
dc.subject	PHARMACY
dc.subject	PHYSICIAN
dc.subject	PHYSICIANS
dc.subject	POCKET PAYMENTS
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	POLICY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLITICAL PROCESS
dc.subject	POOR NUTRITION
dc.subject	PPM
dc.subject	PRACTITIONERS
dc.subject	PREGNANCY
dc.subject	PREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subject	PRENATAL CARE
dc.subject	PRIMARY CARE
dc.subject	PRIVATE CARE
dc.subject	PRIVATE CLINICS
dc.subject	PRIVATE DOCTORS
dc.subject	PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject	PRIVATE HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	PRIVATE HOSPITALS
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTORS
dc.subject	PRIVATE SERVICES
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PROVISION OF CARE
dc.subject	PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	PROVISION OF SERVICES
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING
dc.subject	PUBLIC HOSPITALS
dc.subject	PUBLIC PROVIDERS
dc.subject	PUBLIC PROVISION
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHEMES
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject	PUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subject	QUALITY CONTROL
dc.subject	QUALITY OF CARE
dc.subject	QUALITY SERVICES
dc.subject	REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
dc.subject	REPRODUCTIVE AGE
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RURAL POPULATIONS
dc.subject	SERVICE PROVIDER
dc.subject	SHARE OF HEALTH SPENDING
dc.subject	SKILLED ATTENDANTS
dc.subject	SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject	SURGERY
dc.subject	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	TETANUS
dc.subject	TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT
dc.subject	TRADITIONAL HEALERS
dc.subject	TUBERCULOSIS
dc.subject	TUBERCULOSIS CASES
dc.subject	URBAN SLUMS
dc.subject	VACCINES
dc.subject	WALKING
dc.subject	WOMAN
dc.subject	WORKERS
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.title	Healthy Partnerships : How Governments Can Engage the Private Sector to Improve Health in Africa
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.coverage	Africa