| Theme area | Resource allocation and health financing |
| Author | HealthNet Consult with Health Ecnomics Unit, UCT and TARSC, EQUINET |
| Title of publication | EQUINET Policy Brief 23: Strategies to improve equitable domestic financing to reach universal coverage in East and Southern Africa |
| Date of publication | 2010 July |
| Publication type | Document |
| Publication details | EQUINET Policy brief 23, EQUINET, Harare - |
| Publication status | Published |
| Language | |
| Keywords | health financing; universal coverage; domestic financing |
| Abstract | In most East and Southern African (ESA) countries, total health expenditure from all sources, including external resources, is still less than the US$ 45 per capita per year needed to provide basic health services. This limits their ability to achieve universal coverage of basic health services. This policy brief draws policy makers’ attention to the demands and challenges in health financing in meeting universal coverage, the demand for improved domestic public financing for health, and suggests options for doing this. |
| Country | East and southern Africa region |
| Publisher | EQUINET |
| Url | POL Brief 23 domfin.pdf |
| Equinet Publication Type | Policy brief |