Access to medicines and hepatitis C in Africa: can tiered pricing and voluntary licencing assure universal access, health equity and fairness?

Table 2 Sources of health financing and their percentage contribution in seven African countries, 2014

Country	Total Health Expenditure (THE) = GovtE+PrvtE^a								Overseas development assistance (ODA)^a		THE plus ODA
	Government expenditure (GovtE)		Private expenditure (PrvtE)		Out of pocket expenditure (OOPE)		THE
	N	% of THE	N	% of THE	N	% of PrvtE	N	% of THE+ ODA	N	% of THE + ODA	N
Egypt	7076	38.2%	11,448	61.8%	10,318	90.1%	18,524	98.7%	238	1.3%	18,762
Ethiopia	1770	58.7%	1245	41.3%	974	78.2%	3015	70.6%	1257	29.4%	4272
Nigeria	4468	25.1%	13,332	74.9%	12,763	95.7%	17,800	93.7%	1193	6.3%	18,993
DRC	559	36.9%	956	63.1%	588	61.5%	1515	72.6%	573	27.4%	2088
Cameroon	274	22.9%	923	77.1%	794	86.0%	1197	90.0%	133	10.0%	1330
Rwanda	231	38.1%	376	61.9%	170	45.2%	607	68.4%	280	31.6%	887
South Africa	13,264	48.2%	14,255	51.8%	1789	12.5%	27,519	98.3%	487	1.7%	28,006

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