Health Financing in the Republic of Gabon : Policy Note
This is a policy note following from the book Health Financing in the Republic of Gabon. The book is a comprehensive assessment of health financing in the Republic of Gabon. The book reviews the health financing situation in light of the government...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26367058/health-financing-republic-gabon http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24580 |
| Summary: | This is a policy note following from the
book Health Financing in the Republic of Gabon. The book is
a comprehensive assessment of health financing in the
Republic of Gabon. The book reviews the health financing
situation in light of the government’s introduction of a
national health insurance program and its commitment to
achieving universal health insurance coverage in the medium
term. The book provides a diagnostic of the situation in
light of recent data from the demographic and health survey,
updated national health accounts, and a review of public
expenditures in the health sector. Additionally, it performs
a benchmarking exercise to assess how Gabon performs in its
health spending and health outcomes compared to countries of
similar income and compared to countries in the region. A
forthcoming household survey is expected to provide better
information on financial protection against illness costs.
This book attempts to diagnose Gabon’s current situation in
regards to achieving universal health coverage. Gabon should
be commended for its commitment to improving health
indicators of the poor and the underserved. The book shows
that while the government has set an ambitious goal for
itself, several challenges exist in meeting these objectives
in the medium term as follows (i) resource mobilization
efforts are a priority to sustain its programs financially;
(ii) to prioritize resources for areas considered, value for
money, to improve equity in access and delivery of health
services, with particular focus on primary care, public
health program, and quality of care; (iii) to increase the
population’s coverage under the national health insurance
program, with focus on the poor and the informal sector
workers; and (v) to consider areas that would improve
efficiency and reduce costs. The book is timely, given that
the government has recently produced, the Plan Social. It
provides a diagnostic of the health sector and provides key
recommendations and options for the government to consider
in the short to medium term. |
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