Assessment of the Private Health Sector in the Republic of Congo

Makinen, Marty; Deville, Leo; Folsom, Amanda

Assessment of the Private Health Sector in the Republic of Congo

The private health sector was officially recognized in the Republic of Congo over 20 years ago June 6, 1988, establishing the conditions for the independent practice of medicine and the medical-related and pharmaceutical professions. The Congolese government recently expressed its commitment to working with the private health sector in order to strengthen the health system, improve the health of the population and preserve the basic human right to a healthy life through the National Health Care Policy, which it adopted in 2003, the 2007-2011 National Health Development Plan and the 2010 Health Care Services Development Program. Throughout these various documents there is an acknowledgement that the lack of coordination with the private health sector is a weakness of the health system. Nevertheless, the scarcity of information about the private sector in policy and planning documents suggests that the government's engagement with the private health sector is limited. There is no official government policy on the private health sector, or strategies or working plans to encourage cooperation between the public and private sectors. The objective of this assessment was to better determine the role, position, and importance of the private sector within the health system, in order to identify the limitations to its development as well as ways it can be integrated into the efforts to meet the objectives of the Plan national de developpement sanitaire (PNDS) [National Health Development Plan]. The World Bank Group contracted with the Results for Development Institute (R4D, United States) and Health Research for Action (HERA, Belgium) as well as with a team of local consultants, to conduct a 'study of the private health sector in the Republic of Congo.' This study was conducted in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Population (MSP), which arranged and oversaw a steering committee consisting of actors from the public and private sectors to facilitate and guide the study. The goal of the study and the workshops was a concrete plan of action for the health sector that could be used by the Congolese government, the private sector in the Republic of Congo, and international development partners. Certain aspects of the action plan should be included in the work programs of the Programme de developpement des services de sante (PDSS) [Health System Development Project] for the years 2011-2013.

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Main Authors:	Makinen, Marty, Deville, Leo, Folsom, Amanda
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012-09-11
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CAPITAL, ACCESS TO LOANS, ALTERNATIVE FUNDING, AMORTIZATION, AMOUNT OF RISK, ASSET PORTFOLIO, ASSET VALUES, BASIS RISK, BENEFICIARY, BOND FINANCING, BOND FUND, BOND INSTRUMENT, BOND INSURANCE, BOND INVESTOR, BOND ISSUER, BOND RATING, BOND RETURN, BOND SPREAD, BOND SPREADS, BOND YIELD, BONDHOLDER, BONDHOLDERS, BROKER, CAPITAL MARKET, CAPITAL MARKETS, CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS, CASH FLOW, CATASTROPHE BOND, CATASTROPHE BONDS, CATASTROPHE COVERAGE, CATASTROPHE INSURANCE, CATASTROPHE REINSURANCE, CATASTROPHES, CATASTROPHIC EVENT, CATASTROPHIC EVENTS, CATASTROPHIC LOSS, CATASTROPHIC LOSSES, CATASTROPHIC RISKS, CENTRAL BANK, CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMERCIAL BANKS, CONTINGENT DEBT, CONTRACT DESIGN, COUNTRY RISK, COUNTRY RISKS, COUPON, COUPON INTEREST RATE, COVERAGE, CRED, CREDIT GUARANTEES, CREDIT QUALITY, CREDIT RISK, CREDITORS, CROP LOSSES, CURRENCY, DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS, DEBT, DEBT FINANCING, DEBT INSTRUMENTS, DEBT LEVELS, DEBT SECURITY, DEFAULT RISK, DISASTER EVENT, DISASTER EVENTS, DISASTER FINANCING, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION, DISASTER RESPONSE, DISASTER RISK, DROUGHTS, EARTHQUAKE, EARTHQUAKES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, EXCHANGE RATES, EXPENDITURE, EXPENDITURES, EXPLOSION, EXTREME TEMPERATURES, FEASIBILITY, FINANCE MINISTRIES, FINANCIAL COMPENSATION, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT, FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL MARKET, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL MECHANISMS, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL STRUCTURE, FINANCING SOURCES, FIRE, FISCAL DEFICITS, FLOOD, FLOOD DAMAGES, FLOOD INSURANCE, FLOODING, FLOODS, GOVERNMENT ASSETS, GOVERNMENT BUDGET, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, GOVERNMENT REVENUE, GOVERNMENT REVENUES, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, GRACE PERIOD, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GUARANTEE FEE, HEAVY RAIN, HOUSING, HURRICANE, HURRICANES, IMPACT OF DISASTERS, INCOME, INCOME LEVEL, INCOME LEVELS, INDEBTEDNESS, INDEMNITY, INDEMNITY INSURANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INFORMED DECISIONS, INSTRUMENT, INSURANCE, INSURANCE CONTRACT, INSURANCE COVERAGE, INSURANCE INDUSTRY, INSURANCE INSTRUMENTS, INSURANCE MARKET, INSURANCE MARKETS, INSURANCE MECHANISMS, INSURANCE PAYOUT, INSURANCE PENETRATION, INSURANCE POLICIES, INSURANCE PREMIUM, INSURANCE PREMIUMS, INSURANCE RESERVES, INSURANCE RISK, INSURANCE SECTOR, INSURED LOSSES, INSURER, INSURERS, INTEREST RATE, INTEREST RATE SPREAD, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS, INVENTORY, INVESTING, ISSUANCE, LANDSLIDES, LEGAL PROVISIONS, LEVEL OF RISK, LIQUIDITY, LOAN, LOAN BALANCE, MARKET COMPETITION, MARKET INFORMATION, MARKET INSTRUMENT, MARKET INSTRUMENTS, MARKET PRICING, MATURITIES, MATURITY, MATURITY PERIOD, MINISTRIES OF FINANCE, NATURAL CATASTROPHES, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTERS, OUTPUT DECLINES, PORTFOLIO, PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION, PORTFOLIOS, PREMIUM PAYMENT, PREMIUM PAYMENTS, PRINCIPAL REPAYMENT, PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BANKS, PRIVATE INSURANCE, PRIVATE PARTY, PRIVATE PROPERTY, PROBABILITY OF DEFAULT, PUBLIC BUDGETS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC SECTOR DEFICITS, PURCHASING POWER, RATE OF RETURN, REINSURANCE, REINSURANCE BROKER, REINSURANCE CONTRACTS, REINSURERS, REPAYMENTS, RESERVE, RESERVE FUNDS, RESERVES, RETURN, RETURNS, RISK ANALYSIS, RISK ASSESSMENT, RISK EXPOSURE, RISK EXPOSURES, RISK FACTORS, RISK INSURANCE, RISK MANAGEMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT TOOLS, RISK MANAGERS, RISK POOLING, RISK PREMIUM, RISK TRANSFER, SAVINGS, SCENARIOS, SECURITIES, SHORT-TERM LIQUIDITY, SOVEREIGN ENTITIES, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, STORM, STORMS, SUBSIDIARIES, SUSTAINABILITY, SWAP, SWAPS, TRANSACTION, TROPICAL CYCLONE, TYPE OF DISASTER, UNDERWRITING, WEATHER DERIVATIVES, WEATHER EVENTS, WIND STORMS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/16732499/assessment-private-health-sector-republic-congo http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11954
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