Governing health systems in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Martyn Sama and Vinh-Kim Nguyen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791456103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Dakar, Senegal, : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-90140-0; 9786612901409; 2-86978-403-1; 2-86978-359-0; 2-86978-277-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Collana: Codesria book series
• Altri autori (Persone): SamaMartyn; NguyenVinh-Kim
• Disciplina: 362.1096
• Soggetti: Medical policy - Africa; Primary health care - Africa; Medical care - Africa; Health services administration - Africa; Health care reform - Africa; Public health - Africa; Traditional medicine - Africa; AIDS (Disease) - Government policy - Africa
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; I - Introduction; 1 - Governing the Health System in Africa; II - Governance and Health System Reforms; 2 - Governance and Primary Health Care Delivery in Nigeria; 3 - Governing Traditional Health Care Sector in Kenya: Strategies and Setbacks; 4 - Corruption et crise des hôpitaux publics à Douala: Le schémas d'une organisation tripolaire; 5 - Health Sector Reforms in Kenya: User Fees; 6 - Decentralisation of Health Care Spending and HIV/AIDS in Cameroon; 7 - Another Look at Community-Directed Treatment (ComDT) in ; Cameroon: A Quality Challenge to Health System DevelopmentIII - Health Systems and HIV in the Maghreb; 8 - Le Système de santé au Maghreb; 9 - La Lutte contre le SIDA en Afrique du Nord; IV - Health Systems and Chronic Diseases; 10 - Les Maladies chroniques non transmissibles dans le système de santé au Sénégal: Le cas du diabète dans la ville de Dakar; 11 - La Gestion de maladies chroniques en Algérie: Le Cas du cancer; 12 - Situation des malades tuberculeux perdus de vue en cours de traitement au centre antituberculeux de Brazzaville (Congo): Une RevueV - Priority Setting and Policy Making; 13 - Retirement Stress in Nigeria: A Psycho-political Analysis; 14 - Préfinancement communautaire des soins de santé pour un meilleurs accès des populations rurales aux services de santé de base: Une estimation du consentement à pre-payer des ménages au Centre du Cameroun; 15 - The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) on Women's Health in Kenya; 16 - Should We 'Modernise' Traditional Medicine?; 17 - Empowering Traditional Birth Attendants in the Gambia: A Local Strategy to Redress Issues of Access, Equity and Sustainability?VI - Conclusion; 18 - Social Context and Determinants of HIV Transmission: Lessons from Africa; References; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on various disciplinary perspectives, this book re-focuses the debate on what makes a good health system, with a view to clarifying the uses of social science research in thinking about health care issues in Africa. The explosion of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the persistence of malaria as a major killer, and the resurgence of diseases like tuberculosis which were previously under control, have brought about changes in the health system, with implications for its governance, especially in view of the diminished capacity of the public health facilities to cope with a complex range of expande