African Healthcare Federation has proposed a new public-private partnerships (PPPs) strategy for the continent to raise spending on healthcare.
The strategy, which is to be phased in three stages, include dialogue between government and private sector federations to clarify roles and agree on a shared vision.
Creating and adopting regulatory frameworks and contractual obligations as well as effecting PPP Acts would be tackled in the second phase, according to the strategy.
“Innovation should be driven by the private sector, while the public sector should be responsible for creating an enabling environment for innovation to flourish,” said African Healthcare Federation chairman Amit Thakker who also chairs Kenya Healthcare Federation.
“But the progress of this is extremely slow and is not commensurate with the increase in funding in the sector, thus the strategy.”
Dr Thakker said the proposed strategy has set its third stage as the project implementation phase, which will include building and operating projects and products, followed by evaluation and sharing of information and case studies.
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