Strategies for Achieving Health Financing Reform in Africa: Synthesis of HFS Project Experience

摘要

The purposes of this paper are to synthesize lessons learned about (1) strategies for overcoming principal obstacles that African ministries of health have faced in achieving health financing reform, (2) strategies for the design and implementation phases of reform, (3) resolving specific design and implementation issues to avoid common pitfalls and create conditions for success, and (4) using research and analysis tools effectively to address key issues that arise during health financing policy debates and to monitor implementation of reform.