Inaugural Africa Health Business Symposium

There has been a paradigm shift in the relationship between public and private sector over the past years in Africa. This enhanced dialogue progress has created a positive trend in enhancing Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in health on the continent.

The countries in the regions that share cultures, traditions and challenges have federated to jointly combat the high burden of disease within their own boundaries by sharing knowledge and resources to improve overall health for their citizens. We have noticed that the East African, West African, South African, Central African, and North African private sectors will all soon harmonise their regional federations towards a positive output to health thus ensuring the momentum is maintained.

The aim of the Africa Health Business Symposium is to provide a platform for an intra-regional discussion so as to further strengthen the roles played by the private health sector, the public health sector, and development partners. Fostering these relationships will play a major role in promoting the PPPs dialogue within the regions and countries through the regional unification of private health sectors under a single umbrella – Africa Healthcare Federation.