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Table 4 Cost of HCV treatment as percentage of median income and per capita health expenditure in seven countries in Africa

From: Access to medicines and hepatitis C in Africa: can tiered pricing and voluntary licencing assure universal access, health equity and fairness?

Country

Gini-coefficienta

Medina income per capita

Per capita HEb

OOPEb

Cost of DAA for 12-weeks

Cost of DAA as % of median income

Cost of DAA as % of per capita HE

Egypt

30.8

$623

117.8

55.7%

$684

110%

581%

Ethiopia

33.6

$350

26.7

32.3%

$750

214%

2809%

Nigeria

48.8

$493

117.5

71.7%

$750

152%

638%

DRC

44.4

$308

19.1

38.8%

$750

244%

3927%

Cameroon

38.9

$403

58.7

66.3%

$750

186%

1278%

Rwanda

50.8

$235

52.5

28.0%

$750

319%

1429%

South Africa

63.1

$1217

570.2

6.5%

$750

62%

132%

  1. ahttp://hdr.undp.org/en/content/income-gini-coefficient
  2. b http://gamapserver.who.int/gho/interactive_charts/health_financing/atlas.html?indicator=i2