[afro-nets] The WB's IFC Health in Africa initiative is failing to reach the poor

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*The IFC’s Health in Africa initiative is failing to reach the poor By Jessica Hamer, Report Co-Author *

by Mohga Kamal-Yanni

Question: What do the following have in common? A $6.1 million private health insurance scheme for IT workers in Lagos, Nigeria, reaching fewer than 40 per cent of its target beneficiaries; and A luxury IVF clinic launched in a country bearing 14% of the entire global maternal mortality burden One answer might be that these ...

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