Health markets and their regulation in Africa: reflections from the 2nd National Congress on Tropical Medicine, Lisbon, 2013
Keywords:
PALOP, Health economics, health markets, healthcare regulation
Abstract
The present paper aimed at summarising the discussion emerged from the roundtable seminar on health markets in Africa and their regulation, with the objective to draw lessons for the wider debate on health commercialisation in lowincome countries. The seminar presentations explored themes such as the IHMT’s research contribution on private healthcare providers in Portuguese-speaking African countries, the need and complexity of healthcare regulation in Europe and Africa, and the emerging challenges for attraction and retention of human resources for health in low-income countries markets. A shared view emerged from the roundtable discussion on the pluralistic nature of healthcare providers in low-income settings, on its inevitability, and on the need for better evidence to inform the regulation of health markets and its commercialisation.
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in the health sector: review of the evidence. Hum Resour Heal. 2004 27;2(1):14.
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for Health: An Exploration of Physicians’ Engagement in Dual Practice in Three
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heapol/czt071.
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and economic study of pharmaceutical markets and price determinants in low-
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africanhealth/en/
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symposium. Soc Sci Med. 1993 Nov;37(10):1177–98.
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health sector in low-income countries? Bull World Health Organ. 2002;80(4):325–
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on the private health sector in low- and middle-income countries. Health Policy
Plan. 2011 Jul 1;26(suppl 1):i1–i3.
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Ambulatory Health Care in Low and Middle Income Countries: Systematic Review
of Comparative Studies. Plos Med. 2011 Apr 12;8(4):e1000433.
Published
2018-09-08
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Russo G. Health markets and their regulation in Africa: reflections from the 2nd National Congress on Tropical Medicine, Lisbon, 2013. ihmt [Internet]. 8Sep.2018 [cited 12Dec.2025];12:88-0. Available from: https://anaisihmt.com/index.php/ihmt/article/view/197
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