East and Southern Africa

Capital flows in the health care sector in East and southern Africa

Delegates at workshop in Bagamoyo, Feb 2008

This three-year study, funded by the Southern Africa Trust (SAT) considers issues of equity and access to healthcare, and reviews past trends of private capital flows in east and southern Africa. The project investigates key entry points for capital and forms of commercialisation. Policy, regulatory, institutional and public responses to the capital flows in the healthcare sector at local, national and regional level are also being studied.

Partners include EQUINET, SEATINI, York University and TARSC. Country studies are taking place in Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Uganda. Co-ordinators: Greg Ruiters & Julie Borland (ISER), Rene Loewenson (EQUINET), Aulline Mabika (SEATINI) and Richard Saunders (York University) Research Team: Sebastian Baine (Makerere University), Yoswa Dambisya and Irene Modipa (Limpopo University), Elijah Munyuki, and Brett Scott (ISER)

See drop down menu for research outputs and policy dialogue presentations.

National Review meeting report held in Harare on the 7th of July 2010, for the SAT project:(Link)

Meeting report: The role and functioning of Medical Aid Societies in Zimbabwe TARSC, SEATINI, in collaboration with MoHCW, ISER , EQUINET (2010)

Themes: Public-private mix, Resource allocation and health financing

Country: Zimbabwe

<http://www.equinetafrica.org/bibl/docs/CapflowsZim%20mtgrepJuly10.pdf>