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Corruption undermines efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage. Combining anti-corruption efforts with well-designed PFM systems offers a two-pronged approach to achieving UHC.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – TEXT OF THE NEWS – BLOCK 1 – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. PLEASE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||1em||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Corruption is a significant barrier to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC), which aims to provide everyone with access to affordable healthcare. This CGDev blog post estimates that roughly 6% of health aid funds are lost to corruption each year. The complex nature of health systems and the lack of transparency in budgeting processes make them particularly susceptible.<\/p>\n The blog explores how corruption can occur throughout the entire budget cycle. During the planning stage, funds might be deliberately misallocated to favor certain projects or regions, or even used to create \u201cghost workers\u201d by inflating payroll numbers. The procurement of health services and products is another high-risk area during budget execution. Bribery and undue influence can manipulate decisions and inflate costs, especially when procurement processes are fragmented or overly complex. Weak oversight throughout the budget cycle allows for misuse of funds and missed opportunities to identify corruption. This lack of transparency and accountability ultimately erodes public trust in the government’s ability to deliver healthcare services.<\/p>\n The blog argues that stronger Public Financial Management (PFM) systems are essential to combat corruption. These systems promote transparency and accountability throughout the budget cycle, making it more difficult to misuse public funds. The authors emphasize the need for further research to identify the most effective anti-corruption strategies. This includes conducting in-depth analyses of how corruption manifests throughout the budget cycle in different countries. By working together and sharing best practices, we can develop and implement effective solutions to achieve UHC and ensure that everyone has access to the healthcare they need.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – TEXT OF THE NEWS – BLOCK 2 – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. PLEASE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Corruption undermines efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage. Combining anti-corruption efforts with well-designed PFM systems offers a two-pronged approach to achieving UHC.Corruption is a significant barrier to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC), which aims to provide everyone with access to affordable healthcare. This CGDev blog post estimates that roughly 6% of health aid funds are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":987687612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3024,131],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987687609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"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=987687609"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987687609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987687628,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987687609\/revisions\/987687628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987687612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987687609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987687609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987687609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}