PharmAccess is a group of non-profit organizations dedicated to improving access to quality healthcare in Africa. PharmAccess mobilizes public and private resources for the benefit of doctors and patients through clinical standards and quality improvements, loans for healthcare providers, health insurance, mHealth innovations and operational research.
This integrated approach is made possible by the following organizations:
The aim of this article is to lay the ground for the engagement and support of a well managed and effectively regulated private sector in the delivery of healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa.
Summary
We argue for a healthcare reform in which government and private sector work together and in which the development of prepaid private insurance coverage for low-income people and commercial capital investments in healthcare delivery play a major role. Support for such solutions is growing. Many obstacles remain, however, in particular the stubborn insistence of the donor community to support only government initiatives in health, to the exclusion of the private sector.
