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COVID-19 Crowding Out Non-COVID-19 Healthcare And Drug Development.

The world is tackling the acute crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic with as many resources as possible. With already over 3.7 million confirmed cases and 260,000 deaths worldwide over a relatively short time span, COVID-19 has placed an inordinate burden on healthcare systems.

Publication Year:

2020

Publisher

Forbes

Author:

Joshua Cohen
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A message from the partners of the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC)

Since 2018, The Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC) has been a unique and significant force in supporting countries within Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) in crucial areas of strategic health purchasing (SHP), Healthcare Financing as they make progress towards the realization of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goals. This initiative, a collaboration between Amref Health Africa and Results for Development (R4D), has made expertise in these areas more accessible and has been instrumental in the progress of the target countries. The initiative was designed to advance policy discussions and actions that strengthen the application of strategic health purchasing to strengthen African health systems and support countries as they address foundational reforms…

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