The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted deficiencies in health systems, prompting significant reforms. The World Bank supports these efforts in East Asia and the Pacific by improving healthcare quality, expanding coverage, and preparing for future pandemics. In response to...
WHO and the global community must integrate climate change into health priorities, develop climate-resilient health systems, and mobilise sustainable financing to address significant gaps and protect vulnerable populations.The World Health Organization (WHO)...
The May 2024 Bulletin of the World Health Organization focuses on the report of the WHO Council on the Economy of Health for All, covering topics of the social, commercial and environmental determinants of health that are crucial for healthy societies, a shift from...
The WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All advocates for redefining GDP to reflect human and environmental health in its May issue of the WHO Bulletin. The WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All advocates for revising the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...
This article is featured in the May issue of the WHO Bulletin emphasising the need for economic policies that promote a well-being economy to improve population mental health outcomes. The article explores the limited progress in reducing mental disorder prevalence...
WHO and the World Bank are collaborating to organise the second International dialogue on sustainable financing for NCDs and mental health on 20–21 June 2024. To prepare for this, they are taking feedback through a consultation period from 1 May to 26 May 2024.To...
Brief 6 in WHO Centre for Health Development's series Financing health and social long-term care: lessons for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) addresses how countries can ensure financial protection in LTC. The WHO Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe...
Research article published in PLOS Global Public Health advocates for moving away from using GDP and GNI as proxies for measuring overall well-being and eligibility for external aid in health. The authors emphasise the need for robust alternative measures in global...
The May issue of the WHO Bulletin features an article on Brazil's health economic–industrial complex, highlighting its role in developing local production and innovation for universal health access during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored global...
The document published by the Observer Research Foundation presents a comprehensive analysis of the literature on development assistance in health between 2000 and 2022. The study reveals critical findings, including disparities in research output and significant...
P4H Network has contributed to the costing study in Africa that GIZ has supported, among others, through its country focal person and health adviser in Tanzania.The Healthy DEvelopments article explores a series of complex costing studies supported by GIZ across...
The article published in BMJ Global Health explores the risks climate change poses to women children and adolescents, particularly in the most affected regions, and suggests ways to bridge health and climate finance to protect these groups. Women, children, and...
The document "Financing the Future: IDA’s Role in the Evolving Global Aid Architecture" focuses on key trends in official financial flows, the need for rebalancing the global aid architecture, and the International Development Association's (IDA) comparative...
Focus on improved affordability, expanded geographic reach, and increased scope of services are the goals set at this year's spring meeting in collaboration with the WHO.This initiative is part of a broader effort to ensure a basic standard of care throughout every...
French company, Michelin's announcement of implementing 'universal social protection floor' to benefit employees in all its countries of operation is an example of private sector engagement in driving social health protection. In a recent article published by Les...
