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Expanding the fiscal space for health in Africa

This study explores innovative financing as a source for raising additional revenue for health. It concludes that while innovative financing can provide a steady, sustainable and equitable way of generating small amounts of additional resources for health, it should not be looked upon as the solution to Africa’s health financing resource challenges.

Publication Year:

2016

Publisher

Innovative and Domestic Financing for Health in Africa, The Global Fund, 2016

Author:

The Global Fund
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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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