As the Ghanaian health care sector grapples to absorb a rising number of new patients each year, the government has made a push for decentralisation. For the most part, this is aimed at accelerating the transfer of responsibility for provision from the central government to the country’s 10 regions and 216 districts. Though administrative and fiscal...
In the 1980s Côte d’Ivoire’s health care system was a model for the region, but population growth, waning state revenues and conflict eroded the capacity of public institutions, leading to material and facility shortages and declining health for citizens. Major killers today are largely preventive diseases, such as malaria and HIV/AIDS, demanding...
Representing 25% of the French-speaking African market, the Ivoirian pharmaceuticals sector grew 8% between 2011 and 2012, and is expected to continue expanding as the country recovers from the recent conflict. Popular medications include drugs for infectious diseases, inflammation medications, antibiotics against bacteria, and medicines for mother...
Introduced towards the end of the 19th century, the Ivoirian education system was based on the French system and set up to educate interpreters and clerks in the colonial administration. The system comprises six years of primary education and seven years in secondary school, concluding with the baccalaureate exam in the final year. The national...
Ture and functions, with responsibility of making drug-registration decisions. The council was made up of a group of part-time functionaries largely appointed from universities and research institutions, slowing decision-making, as the members met only occasionally.
The MCC received on average 800 applications for licensing a year, but was only able...
With the continent’s largest health care sector, South Africa’s government has focused heavy investment in the industry, and its thriving private sector is keeping pace, accounting for about half of overall spending. Between them, per capita spending on health care is among the highest on the continent, and outstrips that of...
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