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Consultation on the Private Health Sector in Africa

In September 1993, AID and some of its cooperating agencies held a consultative meeting to identify the key policy issues relating to the private health sector in Africa, in order to contribute to the strategic framework upon which the Health and Human Resources Analysis for Africa (HHRAA) project will base their research program. The participants noted the inability of the public sector in Africa to provide complete coverage of health services, and reached the conclusion that while the private sector may be relied upon to fill these gaps, there are important demand and supply constraints which may prevent this and which need to be examined.