The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the devastating consequences of chronic underinvestment in pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (PPPR). Despite the staggering toll—over 28 million excess deaths and trillions of dollars in economic losses—the global...
A chapter in Global Health Watch 7, titled “Financing Pandemic Recovery, Prevention, Preparedness and Response”, critically examines current global health financing structures through the lens of pandemic cycles. Authored by the People’s Health Movement and Daraja...
Daniel Koch, former head of communicable diseases at the Federal Office of Public Health, recalls the key role played by the Swiss government during the Covid-19 crisis, five years after a lockdown was first declared in Switzerland.In January 2020, government...
Global public goods for health, including prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR) measures, are vital for safeguarding populations against future health threats. Yet the scale of investment in these areas remains inadequate and uneven, especially across income...
The OECD report provides a comprehensive summary of the high-level meeting on global public goods (GPGs) for health, convened by the OECD and the Global Health Centre (GHC) on 27 November 2024 in Geneva. It captures key discussions on the challenges of financing GPGs,...
WHO has updated the Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED) for over 190 Member States and is hosting a Webinar on February 4, 2025, to discuss the key findings of the 2024 Global Health Expenditure Report launched in December 2024. The World Health Organization...
This paper analyzes the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and financial protection in four East Asia and Pacific (EAP) countries: Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand. It highlights a general improvement in service coverage in...
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...
The World Health Organization’s report highlights the pivotal role of social protection in mitigating the socioeconomic impacts of public health and social measures (PHSM) during COVID-19. Drawing insights from 316 studies across 123 countries, it explores how...
The 2024 Global Health Expenditure Report analyses health spending in 2022, the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting how countries managed financial shocks and the evolving trends in public, private, and external health financing. While global health...
The research paper "The cost of the re-emergence of monkeypox: An overview of health financing in Africa," authored by Taiwo Oluwaseun Sokunbi and Elijah Orimisan Akinbi, examines the financial burden of the recent monkeypox (mpox) outbreaks on Africa’s healthcare...
In the research article "The COVID-19 pandemic: A focusing event to promote domestic investment for health systems strengthening in the WHO African Region," published in SSM-Health Systems, authors Alison T. Mhazo, Arush Lal, and Elias Mossialos examine the COVID-19...
The Vaccination Law was approved by the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala through Decree 25-2024, guaranteeing access to immunization against different diseases.The objective of the Vaccination Law is to guarantee protection against immuno-preventable diseases...
This report provides the overview of Australia's health expenditure 2021–2022. It was the third year (and the second full year) of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. During 2021-2022, governments funded around 72.9% of total health spending. In addition, the ratio of...
In a Geneva Health Files essay, Mariska Meurs & Koen Scholten from Wemos advocate for a strong financial framework in the pandemic agreement to ensure sustainable funding for prevention and preparedness, addressing debt and tax reform. The Geneva Health Files has...
