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Table 3 Required increase in health expenditure by different sources to provide HCV treatment

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

Country

Total price of Generic

Increase in THE as % of GDP

Increase in THE

Increase in GovtE

Increase in PrvtE

Increase in OOPE

Increase in ODA

Increase in THE plus ODA

Egypt

$5681.3

5.6%–7.3%

31%

80%

50%

55%

2390%

30%

Ethiopia

$507.0

4.9%–5.7%

17%

29%

41%

52%

40%

12%

Nigeria

$6086.3

3.7%–5.0%

34%

136%

46%

48%

510%

32%

DRC

$82.5

4.3%–4.5%

5%

15%

9%

14%

14%

4%

Cameroon

$1104.8

4.1%–7.9%

92%

403%

120%

139%

831%

83%

Rwanda

$356.3

7.5%–11.9%

59%

154%

95%

210%

127%

40%

South Africa

$474.8

8.8%–9.0%

2%

4%

3%

27%

98%

2%