Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Section 1- What engagement is and why it matters -- Observation 1: Health systems in Africa are in urgent need of improvement -- Observation 2: The private health sector in Africa is too large to be ignored, though it is only partly and often poorly integrated into the health system -- Observation 3: A minimum level of engagement is an important part of the solution -- Section 2- What our research tells us about engagement -- Results from the data collection -- A different type of engagement: How governments partner with faith-based organizations across the region -- Engagement in low-resource environment -- Level of organization of the private health sector matters -- Section 3- Conclusions and action plan for stakeholders -- Reforms as a political process at the country level -- Engagement through health systems strengthening approach -- Key conclusions by domain -- Recommended actions by group of stakeholders -- Action plan for future research -- Toolkit for further guidance -- Appendixes -- Appendix 1-Country snapshots -- Appendix 2-Data tables -- Appendix 3-Conceptual background on engagement framework -- Appendix 4-Methodology for data collection -- Appendix 5-Scoping the private health care market -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.