Healthy partnerships [[electronic resource] ] : how governments can engage the private sector to improve health in Africa

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.10967
• Soggetto topico: Medical policy - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Medical policy - International cooperation - Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Observation 1 : health systems in Africa are in urgent need of improvement -- Observation 2 : the private health sector in Africa is too large to be ignored, though it is only partly and often poorly integrated into the health system -- Observation 3 : a minimum level of engagement is an important part of the solution -- Results from the data collection -- A different type of engagement : how governments partner with faith-based organizations (FBOS) across the region -- Level of organization of the private health sector matters -- Translation of findings to country-level reform -- Engagement through health systems strengthening approach -- Key conclusions by domain -- Recommended actions by group -- Action plan for future research -- Tool kit for further guidance.
• Sommario/riassunto: Since 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 co
• Titolo autorizzato: Healthy partnerships
• ISBN: 1-283-12619-2; 9786613126191; 0-8213-8473-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456511903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II