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Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Centre (SPARC)

Options for Financing Pandemic Preparedness

The health, economic and social impacts of disease outbreaks are persistent and manifold. Lessons learnt from the 2013–2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa demonstrate how far-reaching the cost of pandemics can be. Click to read more.

Publication Year:

2017

Publisher

SPARC

Author:

WHO
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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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