Healthy partnerships
Subtitle: how governments can engage the private sector to improve health in Africa
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780821384725; 9780821384732
Subjects: International cooperation; Health Policy; International Cooperation; Medical policy; Public-private sector cooperation; Government Regulation; Private Sector
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Observation 1 : health systems in Africa are in urgent need of improvement; title: 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; title: Observation 3 : a minimum level of engagement is an important part of the solution; title: Results from the data collection; title: A different type of engagement : how governments partner with faith-based organizations across the region; title: Engagement in low-resource environment; title: Level of organization of the private health sector matters; title: Refoms as a political process at the country level; title: Engagement through health systems strengthening approach; title: Key conclusions by domain; title: Recommended actions by group of stakeholders; title: Action plan for future research; title: Toolkit for further guidance.