State of health financing in the African Region
Health is increasingly recognized as a key aspect of human and economic development in Africa and countries are increasing investment in actions and reforms to improve health outcomes and accelerate progress towards meeting the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The political will of the national leaders to put health in forefront of development has been reiterated at the continental level through actions such as the Abuja Declaration of 2001 on increasing government funding for health, the Addis-Ababa Declaration of 2006 on community health in the African Region and the 2008 Ouagadougou Declaration on primary health care and health systems in Africa. Health system financing is one of the key areas that offer important opportunities to translate these commitments and political will into results.
