The Continuing Epidemiological Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa A Workshop Summary (2012) / Chapter Skim
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6 Health Financing in sub-Saharan Africa
6 Health Financing in sub-Saharan Africa
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dollars, low-income countries spent $25 per person on health in 2009 versus the more than $4,600 per person spent in high-income countries. In the Africa region of the World Health Organization (which includes all countries of Africa, not just the low-income countries)
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Ghana, for example, increased its value added tax by 2.5 percentage points; these revenues that go directly to the National Health Insurance System. Gabon introduced a specific tax on certain profitable economic sectors, such as agencies that receive and transfer money overseas; revenue from this tax is hypothecated to cover the insurance contributions of people who are financially unable to contribute to the national health insurance fund.
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