Bamako Initiative

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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]

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The Bamako Initiative proposed decentralising health decision making to local levels and establishing realistic national drug policies to enhance the provision of essential drugs for Sub-Saharan Africans.[2]

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  1. ^ Bamako Initiative. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
  2. ^ Bamako Initiative revitalizes primary health care in Benin. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.

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