Despite their strong contribution to theoverall world economic growth, gender gaps are wide in manycountries in sub Saharan Africa and low representation ofwomen in the private health sector is wider than in othersectors. While women and youth use the majority of healthservices both private and public, women are underrepresentedas private health care providers and have limited access tofinancing to open their own private practices. Thislandscape has prompted the HNP Global Practice to take acritical look at the factors which hamper the growth offemale and young private health practitioners vis a vistheir male counterparts (usually older and more experiencedin their profession). This assessment provides informationon ways to close the gap which exists between male privateservice providers and female providers as well as recommendsways in which the existing gaps can be addressed. Theassessment also provides the basis for further developing astrong public- private dialogue in health while providingavenues for building capacities for women to fullycontribute to the development of the private health sectorthrough the development of training module to beadministered in private training schools as a pilot inBurkina Faso and Mali.
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