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Table 2 The effect of standardising financing obligation at Abuja’s 15 % on inter-country financing equity

From: Obligations of low income countries in ensuring equity in global health financing

Country

Total budget per capita (US$)

Current domestic % of budget and resulting absolute per capita US$ (X% = US$)

Absolute US$ from 15 % of domestic resources per country

GMHE per capita (US$)

Deficit (US$) per capita to reach GMHE (US$ 60)

Uganda

152

7.4 % = 11.2

22.8

60

37.2

Kenya

226

5.4 % = 12.2

33.9

60

26.1

Rwanda

130

23.3 % = 30

19.5

60

40.5

Equatorial Guinea

6943

7.0 % = 486

1041

60

No Deficit

Tanzania

126

11.1 % =14

18.9

60

41.1

Namibia

2400

6.5 % = 156

360

60

No Deficit

  1. Source: Constructed from National Health Expenditure Statistics for Uganda and Kenya (Table 1); and Estimates for the rest of the countries’ Annual domestic budget per capita has been calculated basing on the 2010 Health Expenditure Per Capita as percentage of Annual health budget (without foreign resources) Provided by Afri-Dev. Info. 2013. (Post Abuja + 12) 2013 Africa Health Financing Scorecard – Featuring Year 2000–2010 Indicative Progress Summary