The Health Economics Group (Mw) is a Reseach Based Organisation registered with the Malawi Government and aims to contribute to the effectiveness of the health care system in Malawi and Countries with a similar Health care system. It is recognized that while health care is one of the key factors that influence health status, other factors are also important, if not very important. Unlike in develo
ped countries where health sectors are well resources, in Malawi just as is the case in many developing countries, the health sector is grossingly under-resourced. This means that to meet the aspiratons of the people with respect to individual and population health, serious allocation decions are made every day by the health authorites; and more often than not, these decions involve greater sacrifices in terms of forgone benefits of competing programmes. Furthermore, in a time of growing tribal awareness and the need to equitably distribute health and other resources and benefits, there is need that equity oriented decisions are informed by substantive evidence especially in view of the effeciency sacrifices resulting from equity oriented decisions. The Health Economics Groups (Malawi) aims to provide insights into these and facilitate debate from a wider audience that may inform Malawi decision makers in the health sector
