The COVID-19 Crisis and Budgetary Space for Health in Developing Countries.

One thing is sure: the crisis has sparked a rethink about existing budget allocations across sectors and within the health sector. The pandemic is forcing countries to reprogram existing expenditures towards the health care response.

Publication Year:

2020

Publisher

Center for Global Development

Author:

Sanjeev Gupta and Hélène Barroy
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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…