Contracting non-state providers for universal health coverage: learnings from Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe

Formal engagement with non-state providers (NSP) is an important strategy in many low-and-middle-income countries for extending coverage of publicly financed health services. The series of country studies reviewed in this paper - from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda – provide a unique opportunity to understand the dynamics of NSP engagement in different contexts.

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Rao K, Paina L, Ingabire M, Shroff ZC. Contracting non-state providers for universal health coverage: learnings from Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2018;17(127).