‘Govt Efficiency, PPP Can Change Face of Healthcare in Africa’

The Chairman, African Healthcare Federation, Dr. Amit Thakker, has stated that the health indices of Africans can improve greatly if governments of various countries ensure maximum productivity of resources, and increase spending on public private partnership for the sector.

He said the progress experienced in the sector in Africa was extremely slow and not commensurate with the increaseinfundinggenerally.

Thakker, who will be a speaker at the 7th Annual African Health Exhibition and Congress in South Africa July 7 to 9, said private health sector, as well as non government organisations (NGOs) are well placed to help improve

challenges with governance andleadership.Budgetallocations in a number of African countries are relatively large, but unfortunately inefficiencies reduce their impact substantially. We would have saved twice as many children and women if governments were efficient,” Thakker said.

and private sector federations to clarify roles and agree on a shared vision. P2 will include creating or adapting regulatory frameworks and contractual obligations and the institutionalisation of PPP Acts. P3 will be the project implementation phase, which will include building and operatingprojectsandproducts, followed by evaluation and sharing of information and casestudies.”Adding,hesaid “innovations should be driven by the private sector.”

On his part, the Leader of Deloitte Digital Africa, and Head, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Valter Adao, “healthcare spend is often sizeable in dollar terms but low relative to GDP, like in Nigeria, or reasonably comparable to European countries but the outcomes arepoor,likeinSouthAfrica.

“The deviation from the traditional PPP models is thatgovernmentswouldnot be the recipients, but owners or implementers and perhaps

even the investors into these solutions,”Adaorecentlytold the World Economic Forum.