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From:	joya banerjee [ profile ]
Subject:	Health: The role of the State
Sent:	Apr 8th, 2011 - 04:44:48

	Hi GYCA, Bilateral donors across the world are reducing their contributions for global health. What are the consequences for beneficiary nations? What steps will they need to take to sustain health spending? Health: The role of the State Excerpt: Against the back-drop of diminishing donor support for national AIDS programmes in Africa and the rest of the developing world, the question on many minds is: What role should individual states play to ensure that their citizens continue to receive critical care? The continued care of many people taking antiretroviral therapy in Africa is under threat as donors are retreating from funding AIDS programmes. Many countries in Africa do not have elaborate budgets for their health programmes. Almost 90% of some African countries health budgets are funded through donor finances. Yet, African leaders accept that health is a critical component for the survival of their countries. At a meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, one decade ago they promised to increase their budget allocations for health to 15%. For many countries, health budgets have increased to about 12% since then. A human rights activist from Zambia, Daniel Libati, says leaders have shown their political will to take health seriously, but cautions that political will on its own does not pay for health. Full Story: http://www.health-e.org.za/news/article.php?uid=20033140 Joya

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