Health Status and Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Long-term Perspective

Abstract

This study has been prepared within the UNU/WIDER project on New Models of Provision and Financing of Public Goods in Developing Countries, which is co-directed by Germano Mwabu and Reino Hjerppe, and in collaboration with the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). The paper will be included in a forthcoming volume in honour of Philip Ndegwa. UNU/WIDER gratefully acknowledges the financial contribution to the project by the Government of Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency - Sida).