Inequitable access to healthcare in Africa: reconceptualising the "accountability for reasonableness framework" to reflect indigenous principles.

International Journal for Equity in Health
Samuel Jonathan Ujewe, Werdie C van Staden

Abstract

The "Accountability for Reasonableness" (A4R) framework has been widely adopted in working towards equity in health for sub-Saharan Africa (SAA). Its suitability for equitable health policy in Africa hinges, at least in part, on its considerable successes in the United States and it being among the most comprehensive ethical approaches in addressing inequitable access to healthcare. Yet, the conceptual match is yet to be examined between A4R and communal responsibility as a common fundamental ethic in SAA. A4R and its applications toward health equity in sub-Saharan Africa were conceptually examined by considering the WHO's "3-by-5" and the REACT projects for their accounting for the communal responsibility ethic in pursuit of health equity. Some of the challenges that these projects encountered may be ascribed to an incongruity between the underpinning ethical principle of A4R and the communitarian ethical principle dominant in sub-Saharan Africa. These are respectively the fair equality of opportunity principle derived from John Rawls' theory, and the African communal responsibility principle. A health equity framework informed by the African communal responsibility principle should enhance suitability for SAA contexts, gener...Continue Reading

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