Governing health systems in Africa
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TextPublication details: Dakar Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa(CODESRIA) 2008Description: viii, 273pISBN: - 978-286978-182-5
- WA 525 .S26 2008
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This book re-focuses the debate on what makes a good health system, with a view to clarifying the uses of social science research in thinking about health care issues in Africa. With the explosion of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the persistence of malaria as a major killer, and the resurgence of diseases like tuberculosis which were previously under control, have brought about changes in the health system, with implications for its governance, especially in view of the diminished capacity of the public health facilities to cope with a complex range of expanded needs. Government responsibilities and objectives in the health sector have been redefined, with private sector entities playing an increasingly visible role in health care provisions.
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