{"id":987794028,"date":"2025-11-30T14:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?post_type=documents&#038;p=987794028"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:44:30","slug":"avoidable-pitfalls-on-the-path-to-health-financing-self-reliance-in-low-income-and-middle-income-countries","status":"publish","type":"documents","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/documents\/avoidable-pitfalls-on-the-path-to-health-financing-self-reliance-in-low-income-and-middle-income-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoidable pitfalls on the path to health financing self-reliance in low-income and middle-income countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;TO BE EDITED &#8211; TEXT &#8211; Click on the WHEEL icon to open the text-area where you can type your text. Add a paragraph to introduce the Document&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Published by <strong data-start=\"13\" data-end=\"34\">BMJ Global Health<\/strong>, a journal of the BMJ Publishing Group, the commentary\u00a0examines the policy risks facing health systems as external donor funding declines. Authored by <strong data-start=\"297\" data-end=\"367\">Edwine Barasa, Jane Chuma, Justice Nonvignon, and Olusoji O. Adeyi<\/strong>, the article addresses the growing pressure on low and middle-income countries (LMICs) to achieve health financing self-reliance while safeguarding equity and access.<\/p>\n<p>The authors argue that although the transition away from donor dependence is unavoidable, certain policy responses threaten to undermine health system performance and progress toward universal health coverage. Drawing on observed trends across LMICs, the commentary identifies four problematic approaches, including increased reliance on out-of-pocket payments, contributory insurance schemes, and facility-centred service delivery at the expense of primary and community-based care. The authors call for evidence-informed, equity-oriented financing strategies that prioritise public funding, protect vulnerable populations, and preserve people-centred health systems during this critical transition.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by BMJ Global Health, a journal of the BMJ Publishing Group, the commentary\u00a0examines the policy risks facing health systems as external donor funding declines. Authored by Edwine Barasa, Jane Chuma, Justice Nonvignon, and Olusoji O. Adeyi, the article addresses the growing pressure on low and middle-income countries (LMICs) to achieve health financing self-reliance while&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[117,3024,135],"document_type":[2321],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987794028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/documents"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987794028"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987794028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987794180,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987794028\/revisions\/987794180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987794028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987794028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987794028"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=987794028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}