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POLITICAL ECONOMY AND HISTORY: MAKING SENSE OF HEALTH FINANCING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

This paper demonstrates that fundamental to lack of progress towards universal coverage in sub‐Saharan Africa is an elitist post‐colonial political economy that dominates the social organisation in the sub‐region. Too often, it seems that analyses of these issues ignore history and take no or little...

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Published in:	Journal of international development 2013-04, Vol.25 (3), p.297-309
Main Authors:	Eme Ichoku, Hyacinth, Fonta, William. M., Ataguba, John E.
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Subjects:	Africa African history elitism Financial aid Financial Support Financing Health care Health care policy Health Care Services Policy health financing Health insurance History Medical service Nigeria Political Economy Postcolonial government Postcolonialism Public finance Right Wing Politics Social organization Studies Sub Saharan Africa
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