AHOP Country Health Systems and Services Profiles are comprehensive reviews of African countries’ health systems and services. Each profile provides an in-depth examination of the organisation, financing, and delivery of a country’s health services. It also looks at health care reforms, assesses health system performance, and highlights the challenges that face a health system in Africa.
Using the latest data from national, regional, and international sources, as well as existing reports and literature, the profiles support policymakers and analysts working on the development of health systems.
AHOP’s country profiles consist of 11 chapters covering different aspects of the country’s health system as well as an analysis of health system performance and health service coverage. To enable comparisons between countries and across regions, AHOP profiles follow a standardised format and structure, consistent with country reviews produced by AHOP’s counterpart Observatories in Europe and the Asia-Pacific.
AHOP profiles are developed by regionally based academics and experts and are tailored to the needs of the African region. They draw upon the African Region’s “Framework of Actions” to achieve UHC and other health-related SDG targets. While developing the CHSSP documents, AHOP National Centres held meetings with their Ministries of Health and key stakeholders to ensure the profiles will be of maximum use once available.
Five countries will publish AHOP profiles in the initial phase of the project: Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal.
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