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|b Health care is a key input to economic development; the health status of the population determines the level of labor productivity, contributes to growth, and reduces poverty. At the same time, health is increasingly seen as a fundamental human right. Thus, there has been international interest in mobilizing more resources to improve public health in developing countries in general and African countries in particular, as evidenced by the unprecedented increase in health development assistance (DAH). On this basis, this study aims to examine the effectiveness of health development assistance for Sub-Saharan African countries and it concluded that although there has been an improvement in the health status of some sub-Saharan African countries over the past two decades, the fact that this improvement is mainly due to the role of health development assistance is uncertain. Also, the study pointed to some of the reasons and obstacles that prevent the benefit of African countries from health development assistance, some of which are linked to African countries, and others are linked to donors. Among these are the multiplicity and magnitude of the problems and challenges facing sub-Saharan African countries, Lack of political will, Incompatibility between global health policies and some national strategic plans, as well as unsustainable of and Inequality in the distribution of health development assistance. Finally, the study emphasized the importance of promoting the principles of transparency and accountability, rationalizing the use of limited resources and diversifying sources of health financing.
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