(How) Does RBF Strengthen Strategic Purchasing of Health Care? Comparing the Experience of Uganda, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A few studies have empirically examined how RBF impacts health care purchasing in these settings. This article examines the effects of several RBF programmes on health care purchasing functions in three fragile and post-conflict settings: Uganda, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the past decade.

Publication Year:

2019

Publisher

Global Health Research and Policy, vol. 4, no. 1, 2019, doi:10.1186/s41256-019-0094-2.

Author:

Witter, Sophie, et al.
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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…