Analysis of human resources for health strategies and policies in 5 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, in response to GFATM and PEPFAR-funded HIV-activities

Johann Cailhol; Isabel Craveiro; Tavares Madede; Elsie Makoa; Thubelihle Mathole; Ann Neo Parsons; Luc Van Leemput; Regien Biesma; Ruairi Brugha; Baltazar Chilundo; Uta Lehmann; Gilles Dussault; Wim Van Damme; David Sanders

doi:10.1186/1744-8603-9-52

Table 2 Summary of socio-economic and health related indicators for the 6 countries included in the analysis

From: Analysis of human resources for health strategies and policies in 5 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, in response to GFATM and PEPFAR-funded HIV-activities

	Angola	Burundi	Lesotho	Mozambique	South Africa
Significant historic features	Independence 1975	Independence 1962	Independence1966	Independence: 1975	Apartheid 1948-1994
	Quarter century of civil war: 1975 - 2002	Cyclic civil wars since 1963	Several military coups with latest handover to democratic government in 1995	Civil war: 1976-1992
	Quarter century of civil war: 1975 - 2002	Latest: 1993-2006		Civil war: 1976-1992
Population density/km2	15	318	71	29	41
Net ODA as% of GNI	0.3	42.3	5.4	20.8	0.4
GDP in current USD per capita	4069	163	800	428	5733
Public health expenditure, as % of total government expenditure	8	12	8	13	9
External resources for health, % of total expenditure for health	3	45	30	72	2
OOP expenditure on health, % of total expenditure for health	11	36	22	12	18
GINI coefficient (latest available)	58.6 (2000)	33.3 (2006)	52.5 (2003)	47.1 (2003)	67.4 (2006)
Human Development Index ranking 2011 (out of 187 countries)	148	185	160	184	123
HIV prevalence 15–49 years old, % (2009)	2	3.3	23.6	11.5	17.8
Number of persons affected by HIV, all ages, 2009	200,000	180,000	290,000	1,400,000	5,600,000
TB incidence, per 100,000 inhabitants, 2010	304	129	633	544	981
Number of TB cases detected, 2010	58,000	11,000	14,000	130,000	490,000
Malaria mortality rate per 100,000 inhabitants, 2008	89	39	0.1	171	0.2
Under-five mortality rate, per 1,000 live births, 2010	161	142	85	135	57
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births, 2008	610	970	530	550	410
GFATM-HIV, cumulative disbursement, as of 2011, millions USD	62.2	69.5	91.8	168.7	247.6
GFATM-malaria, disbursed, as of 2011, millions USD	62.0	55.2	0	61.6	0
GFATM-TB, disbursed, as of 2011, millions USD	10.3	9.8	10.7	12.6	0
PEPFAR, disbursed, as of 2009, millions USD ( + committed 2010)	47.7	0 (Not eligible)	96.2	1096.7	3113.4
MAP1 World Bank, committed, millions USD	21	51 (with MAP2)	5	55	0

Sources:
Socio-economic and finance indicators; World Bank database, 2009.
Health indicators: WHO global health indicators database.
Disbursements indicators: GFATM website, PEPFAR country-websites, World Bank MAP-country websites.
Human development index: UNDP.

Back to article page