Title: Public Private Partnership Mixes in Health Care Sector in Rwanda

Author: Gbeneol J. Tombari

 DOI:  https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i7.153

Abstract

Rwanda is a good example of how a country can overcome challenges and obstacles to improve the socio-economic well-being of citizens. With no reliable healthcare system in 1994, after the genocide against the Tutsi, the country has come a long way in building a decent healthcare system for its people. The purpose of this research is to analyze the changing PPP mixed in health care sector in Rwanda. The study was carried out to reflect/reveal or bring to light the perennial problems of the healthcare mixes within a period of six months. This work looked at the public-private sector mixes in healthcare system using Rwanda as a case study. In Rwanda, the ministry of health began health sector reforms in accordance with the Lusaka declaration in 1995. These reforms included decentralization of the health system, development of the primary healthcare system, and community participation in managing health service financing. Rwanda is one of the few African countries with 90% coverage in all Districts for immunization and access to critical health services including TB treatment and access to ARVs for HIV patients. Within a very short period of 23 years, Rwanda has built a working health system in which even the poor and disadvantaged have access to quality medical care through the Community Based Health Insurance.

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Corresponding Author

Gbeneol J. Tombari