The Montreux Collaborative’s latest blog examines how low- and middle-income countries can navigate aid transitions and strengthen domestic health financing for long-term sustainability. The Montreux Collaborative has released a new blog, Precipitated aid transition...
African leaders commit to increasing domestic funding for malaria elimination amid foreign aid cuts, aiming to close funding gaps, boost local pharma production, and meet WHO’s 2030 malaria targets. Amid growing concerns over foreign aid reductions, African leaders...
A recent Devex article explores how lessons from climate finance could reshape global health funding. The article highlights strategies to enhance efficiency, leverage, and country alignment.A Devex article by Kalipso Chalkidou, director of health financing and...
The U.S. withdrawal from the WHO and pause in foreign aid present a dual challenge and opportunity for African nations to transition from donor-dependency to self-reliance in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). By leveraging regional cooperation, local...
Published by the Center for Global Development (CGD), the blog post Decoupling “Stop Work” Orders from “Stop Basic Care”: How New Aid Models Can Protect Countries from Unreliable External Financing is authored by Tom Drake, Anastassia Demeshko, Pete Baker, Javier...
IMF blog highlights fragmented health financing and inadequate domestic spending in low-income countries. They call for integrated health systems, better donor coordination, and increased domestic funding to achieve universal health coverage. In their recent blog for...
After the 1994 Genocide, Rwanda focused on rebuilding its health system with global aid. However, coordination issues led to inefficiencies. The 2011 formation of the Single Project Implementation Unit aimed to enhance planning for universal health coverage, but...
Five Central Asian countries - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan - participated in a Regional Forum on Strengthening Financial Resilience and Accelerating Risk Reduction (SFRARR) in Central Asia, held in Almaty on October 14-15,...
IMF, World Bank, and WHO agree to intensify efforts to support global health security through increased financing and technical expertise. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), and the World Health Organization (WHO) are enhancing their...
According to an analysis by ONE.org, health aid fell to a 13-year low in 2021, jeopardising global health advancements. As funding priorities shift after COVID-19, there is an urgent need to reprioritise health investments. An analysis from ONE.org reveals a...
The Transform Health Fund has raised $111 million to improve healthcare in Africa, focusing on innovative health models. It aims to enhance access to care for vulnerable communities across the continent. On October 3, 2024, AfricInvest and the Health Finance Coalition...
The Center for Global Development's policy paper, "Conditioned Domestic 'Co-financing' Policies in Global Health: A Landscape Analysis," provides an in-depth examination of co-financing policies in global health. These policies, which refer to the domestic financing...
The policy paper titled Conditioned Domestic Financing in Global Health: Understanding Agency Policies and Implications for Health Systems Sustainability by the Centre for Global Development examines how global health funding agencies and recipient country governments...
Egypt and France reaffirmed support for Egypt’s universal health coverage reform. AFD’s €210M funding aids primary healthcare and social protection, aiming for nationwide UHC by 2032. On September 30, 2024, Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar and...
As public health financing faces mounting pressure from economic downturns, debt, and global crises, experts call for prioritising health in government budgets and leveraging innovative financial strategies to sustain health systems.According to an article from Health...
