Private Health Sector Assessment in Mali : The Post-Bamako Initiative Reality
This country assessment of the private health sector in Mali is part of a series of studies designed to deepen understanding of ways to enhance the health policy framework, business environment, and investment climate in which the private health se...
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Language: | English |
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World Bank
2012
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Summary: | This country assessment of the private
health sector in Mali is part of a series of studies
designed to deepen understanding of ways to enhance the
health policy framework, business environment, and
investment climate in which the private health sector
operates in African countries. The Malian health system has
evolved dramatically since the middle of the 1980s. A large
part of the analysis in this report relies on the
reprocessing and the mining of existing databases, the
financial and macroeconomic models based on those data, and
elements reconstructed through triangulation. Those
calculations proved indispensable for assessing the main
demographic trends in the private sector, for estimating the
growth of community centers (CSCOMs) and private mutual
insurance, and identifying how to reinforce them. The growth
of the private sector is further held back by insufficient
educational preparation for practice in the private sector
and in rural areas. For-profit and not-for-profit health
care providers, pharmacies, and schools should be given
beefier access to funding during start-up. Other financial
engineering strategies (participation, etc.) could also be
devised. The government of Mali has an opportunity to take
advantage the large and dynamic private health sector in
contributing to its national health care objectives and
outcomes. The study describes the various instruments of
stewardship towards the private sector that could be used
such as information, regulations, financing and direct
provision of public services in areas of significant market failure. |
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