The book provides an insight and descriptive analyses of health sector reforms that are being implemented in African countries, with particular application to Zimbabwe. In some cases the Zimbabwean experience is blended with those of other countries in Africa. The book elaborates on the various elements of health sector reforms which include; health financing options, organizational restructuring, core health service packages, the introduction of market forces, hospital autonomy and the Sector Wide Approach to health ...
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The book provides an insight and descriptive analyses of health sector reforms that are being implemented in African countries, with particular application to Zimbabwe. In some cases the Zimbabwean experience is blended with those of other countries in Africa. The book elaborates on the various elements of health sector reforms which include; health financing options, organizational restructuring, core health service packages, the introduction of market forces, hospital autonomy and the Sector Wide Approach to health development. These reform elements are described from a theoretical perspective; the rationale, implications, implementation modalities, their potential impact which the author provocatively links with to the practical experiences of the selected country. The book highlights the fact that reforms in African countries have a different thrust to those in developing countries, though in both cases the ultimate objectives are the same. Whilst each chapter is dedicated to an element of the reform process, other chapters provide the background to reforms, the interactions between reforms and the notion of equity and the monitoring and evaluation of health reforms. The last chapter attempts to consolidate the experiences of the reforms in Zimbabwe and their impact and propose a possible way forward for the troubled health sector. The targeted readership includes students in community medicine, nursing programs, public health medicine students and practitioners, professional health managers and administrators and development workers in the health field in Africa.
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