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The Health Economics & Policy Network in Africa (HEPNet) has been coordinated by the HEU since 2000 and is due to be completed at the end of 2010. Drawing together 8 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, it has aimed to promote capacity building in health economics and policy.  As HEPNet draws to an end, this final issue of the newsletter, take a closer look at how the coordinators have experienced the management of this unique network over the last decade. Also featured:

News in brief
* Networking & consortium events
* Health Economics & Systems Institute to be set up in Uganda

INSIDE MEETINGS
* Health economics practice takes root in Africa (a report back of the HEPNet workshop convened during April this year in Cape Town that looked at how to improve capacity in developing health economics postgraduate courses, tailored to the African context)

UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT
* Health systems research in Africa – this month, we focus on South Africa and Uganda.

POLICY DEBATE CORNER
* The reality of donor dependence in Africa

Lastly, we highlight a few published articles by fellow HEPNet members.

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