Title:
Health Finance: A Review of National Health Insurance in Sub-Sharan Africa, A Case Study of Four Countries
Authors:
Njai, Abdul Jibril
Place:
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Publisher:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
Year:
2020
PAGE:
xii, 37
Language:
En
Subject:
Health and Poverty
Keywords:
Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Health Insurance
Abstract:
The health sector in Sub-Sahara Africa remains underfunded, and these leaves people having to pay user fees out-of-pocket to access services. Many people unable to afford user-fees are deprived of access to affordable healthcare or risk been improvised from catastrophic expenditures. As a result, many countries have considered innovative policies to raise funds. Health insurance has been one such policy. However, many questions have been asked as to the feasibility of implementing insurance schemes in Africa, given the large informal sector, and what character should these schemes take to thrive in Africa.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute , VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institute)
Country:
Sierra Leone
Training:
Master of Public Health/International Course in Health Development
Category:
Research
Right:
© 2020 Njai
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
File:
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