Governing health systems in Africa /

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Imprint:	Dakar : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2008.
Description:	viii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English French
Series:	Codesria book series Codesria book series.
Subject:	Medical policy -- Africa. Primary health care -- Africa. Medical care -- Africa. Health services administration -- Africa. Health care reform -- Africa. Public health -- Africa. Traditional medicine -- Africa. AIDS (Disease) -- Government policy -- Africa. Health Policy -- Africa. Primary Health Care -- Africa. Health Services Administration -- Africa. Health Care Reform -- Africa. Public Health -- Africa. Medicine, African Traditional. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- Africa. AIDS (Disease) -- Government policy. Health care reform. Health services administration. Medical care. Medical policy. Primary health care. Public health. Traditional medicine. Africa.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7784858

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Other authors / contributors:	Sama, Martyn. Nguyen, Vinh-Kim. Codesria.
ISBN:	9782869781825 2869781822
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-273). Papers in English and French.
Summary:	"Drawing on various disciplinary perspectives, 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. 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 (both for profit and not-for profit) playing an increasingly visible role in health care provisions. The reasons for collaborative patterns vary, but chronic under-funding of publicly financed health services is often an important factor. Processes of decentralisation and health sector reforms have had mixed effects on health care system performance; while private health insurance markets and private clinics are pointers to a growing stratification of the health market, in line with the intensified income and social differentiation that has occurred over the last two decades.These developments call for health sector reforms." -- Book cover.

Table of Contents:

Governing the health system in Africa / Martyn T. Sama and Vinh-Kim Nguyen
Governance and primary health care delivery in Nigeria / Omar Massoud
Governing traditional health care sector in Kenya : strategies and setbacks / Kibet A. Ngetich
Corruption et crise des hôpitaux publics á Douala : le schémas d'une organisation tripolaire / Victor Bayemi
Health sector reforms in Kenya : user fees / Alfred Anangwe
Decentralisation of health care spending and HIV/AIDS in Cameroon / Christopher Sama Molem
Another look at community-directed treatment (ComDT) in Cameroon : a quality challenge to health system development / Martyn T. Sama and Richard Penn
Le système de santé au Maghreb / Sofiane Bouhdiba
Le lutte contre le SIDA en Afrique du Nord / Sofiane Bouhdiba
Les maladies chroniques non transmissibles dans le système de santé au Sénégal : le cas du diabète dans la ville de Dakar / Oupa Diossine Loppy
La gestion de maladies chroniques en Algérie : le cas du cancer / Farida Mecheri
Situation des malades tuberculeux perdus de vue en cours de traitement au centre antituberculeux de Brazzaville (Congo) : une revue / Mbou André
Retirement stress in Nigeria : a psycho-political analysis / Jane-Frances Agbu
Préfinancement communautaire des soins de santé pour un meilleurs accès des populations rurales aux services de santé de base : une estimation du consentement à pre-payer des ménages au Centre du Cameroun / Joachim Nyemeck Binam et Valère Nkelzok
The impact of structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) on women's health in Kenya / Damaris S. Parsitau
Should we 'modernise' traditional medicine? / Mugisha M. Mutabazi
Empowering traditional birth attendants in the Gambia : a local strategy to redress issues of access, equity and sustainability / Stella Nyanzi
Social context and determinants of HIV transmission : lessons from Africa / Vinh-Kim Nguyen and Martyn T. Sama.

Governing health systems in Africa /

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