WHO Ukraine, alongside the European Observatory, launches a study to explore sustainable financing models for rehabilitation services, aiming to strengthen Ukraine’s healthcare system amidst growing demand for rehabilitation care.In a new collaborative effort, WHO...
The Global Health 2050 by the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health outlines a bold yet achievable vision for halving the probability of premature death (dying before age 70) globally by 2050. Referred to as the "50-by-50" goal, this strategy emphasizes focused...
The World Health Organization Centre for Health Development's tenth brief on long-term care financing explores a crucial aspect of caregiving in low- and middle-income settings: the role of informal caregivers. As the backbone of long-term care (LTC) systems, informal...
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...
The World Bank's Investment Framework for Nutrition 2024 outlines a strategic plan to address global malnutrition and rising obesity rates. Despite improvements, malnutrition remains widespread, with 148 million children still affected by stunting and obesity,...
Miranda Wolpert envisions a revolution in mental health funding and care, highlighting innovations and the need for over $200 billion in investment to improve access for nearly one billion people worldwide. In her recent opinion piece for Stat, Miranda Wolpert,...
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...
The article "Making Social Protection a Reality for People with TB: A Perspective on New Global Guidance," published in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, examines the critical role of social protection in addressing the social and economic...
The Task Force on Fiscal Policy for Health has released a report emphasising the urgent need to raise health taxes to combat the global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Co-chaired by Mike Bloomberg, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley of Barbados, and economist...
The latest UN report reveals that 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, highlighting the urgent need for increased financing and global action to address food insecurity and malnutrition. According to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World...
The WHO Centre for Health Development has published a report titled "Improving Long-Term Care for Older Adults: A Rapid Scoping Review of Public Initiatives." In light of the global challenges posed by ageing populations, increasing chronic illnesses, and projected...
The research article "Does health aid matter to financial risk protection? A regression analysis across 159 household surveys, 2000–2016," authored by Jacopo Gabani, Marc Suhrcke, Sven Neelsen, Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou, and Marc-Francois Smitz, explores the...
