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Bamako Initiative - Wikipedia

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The Bamako Initiative was a formal statement adopted by African health ministers in 1987 in Bamako, Mali, to implement strategies designed to increase the availability of essential drugs and other healthcare services for Sub-Saharan Africans.[1] The idea as proposed by UNICEF's executive director, James P. Grant, was for UNICEF and other donors to supply drugs to countries which would be sold a little above cost. The profits from these sales would be used to buy more drugs in a self-sustaining way.[2] By 1988, 20 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa were making plans. A Health Policy and Planning article by Hardon (1990; 5: 186-189)[3] describes the initiative as follows: The Bamako Initiative is a joint World Health Organization/ United Nations Children's Fund (WHO/UNICEF) Initiative aimed at solving the problems in the financing of primary health care in sub-Saharan Africa. It was launched in September 1987 at a regional WHO meeting, where Mr Grant, director of UNICEF, dealt with the seve

Bamako Initiative - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1987 African healthcare statement The Bamako Initiative was a formal statement adopted by African health ministers in 1987 in Bamako , Mali , to implement strategies designed to increase the availability of essential drugs and other healthcare services for Sub-Saharan Africans . [ 1 ] The idea as proposed by UNICEF 's executive director, James P. Grant , was for UNICEF and other donors to supply drugs to countries which would be sold a little above cost. The profits from these sales would be used to buy more dr

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