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The Health Policy and Planning Journal<\/a> by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>launched a Supplement on Rethinking External Assistance supported by the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research<\/a>, World Health Organization Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing at the Prince Mahidol Awards Conference<\/a> held between 22-27 January 2024.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – TEXT – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your text. PLEASE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The 13 research articles, innovation and practice reports and commentaries presented in this supplement provide concrete examples, ideas and reflections that add to our understanding of external assistance for health. They are timely, evidence-informed and relevant to both country- and global-level agendas. They build on an already strong foundation of evidence and policies around the issues of alignment, country-driven approaches and de-verticalization (<\/span>Oliveira\u2010cruz\u00a0et\u00a0al.<\/em>, 2003).<\/p>\n The articles presented in this supplement dig into the structural and political underpinnings of external assistance for health that affect its effectiveness in supporting sustainable outcomes. In doing so, they provide important signposts in terms of best practices and lessons learned from problem areas. They present new, carefully researched experiences in transitioning away from external assistance for health, together with explicit analysis of the politics of external assistance for health, at both the country and donor levels. While adding to the evidence base, important gaps remain in terms of how to reform external assistance for health. In particular, there is a need for further research to understand how to: (i) make donors accountable to the ultimate beneficiaries of external assistance; (ii) develop viable strategies to increase domestic investments for health; (iii) overcome entrenched interests at both the donor and country levels that may be resistant to change in the face of demographic, epidemiological and economic shifts; and (iv) understand and differentiate between \u2018global\u2019 and \u2018local\u2019 representatives of global agencies; as well as many other areas.<\/p>\n Reprinted from the Editorial note Still rethinking external assistance for health<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n When one size does not fit all: aid and\u00a0health system strengthening for\u00a0Small Island Developing States\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Adapting national data systems for\u00a0donor transition: comparative analysis of\u00a0experience from Georgia and\u00a0China<\/a><\/p>\n The impact of\u00a0shifts in\u00a0PEPFAR funding policy on\u00a0HIV services in\u00a0Eastern Uganda (2015\u201321)<\/a><\/p>\n Factors impacting sustained coverage in\u00a0the context of\u00a0donor transitions: experience from Sri Lanka\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Managing transitions from external assistance: cross-national learning about sustaining effective coverage<\/a><\/p>\n Understanding China\u2019s shifting priorities and\u00a0priority-setting processes in\u00a0development assistance for\u00a0health\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Making development assistance work for\u00a0Africa: from aid-dependent disease control to the new public health order<\/a><\/p>\n Leveraging global investments for\u00a0polio eradication to strengthen health systems\u2019 resilience through transition<\/a><\/p>\n HIV programme sustainability in\u00a0Southern and\u00a0Eastern Africa and\u00a0the changing role of\u00a0external assistance for\u00a0health\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Donor coordination to support universal health coverage in\u00a0Malawi<\/a><\/p>\n Enabling cross-country learning and\u00a0exchange to support universal health coverage implementation\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n