{"id":987770223,"date":"2025-04-26T08:14:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T07:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?post_type=news&p=987770223"},"modified":"2025-06-03T09:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:51:31","slug":"countries-face-sharp-health-financing-cliffs-amid-dwindling-aid-warns-the-lancet-article","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/countries-face-sharp-health-financing-cliffs-amid-dwindling-aid-warns-the-lancet-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Countries face sharp health financing cliffs amid dwindling aid, warns The Lancet article"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Global <\/span>health <\/span>aid <\/span>is <\/span>declining, <\/span>with <\/span>over <\/span>3 <\/span>billion <\/span>people <\/span>in <\/span>debt-<\/span>burdened <\/span>countries. <\/span>Nations <\/span>like <\/span>Nigeria <\/span>and <\/span>Thailand <\/span>are <\/span>adapting, <\/span>but <\/span>coordinated, <\/span>sustainable <\/span>solutions <\/span>are <\/span>urgently <\/span>needed.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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The <\/span>global <\/span>health <\/span>community <\/span>is <\/span>facing <\/span>a <\/span>critical <\/span>juncture, <\/span>as <\/span>highlighted <\/span>in <\/span>a <\/span>recent <\/span>Lancet<\/span><\/em> comment <\/span>titled <\/span>Navigating <\/span>health <\/span>financing <\/span>cliffs: <\/span>a <\/span>new <\/span>era <\/span>in <\/span>global <\/span>health<\/span><\/em>, <\/span>published <\/span>on <\/span>April <\/span>25, <\/span>2025. <\/span>Authored <\/span>by <\/span>Kumanan <\/span>Rasanathan, <\/span>Maylene <\/span>Beltran, <\/span>Alberta <\/span>Biritwum-<\/span>Nyarko, <\/span>Mark <\/span>Blechner, <\/span>Mark <\/span>Dybul, <\/span>Hajime <\/span>Inoue, <\/span>and <\/span>others, <\/span>and <\/span>supported <\/span>by <\/span>the <\/span>World <\/span>Health <\/span>Organization (<\/span>WHO), <\/span>the <\/span>article <\/span>outlines <\/span>the <\/span>implications <\/span>of <\/span>declining <\/span>development <\/span>assistance <\/span>for <\/span>health <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>urgent <\/span>need <\/span>for <\/span>financial <\/span>transition <\/span>strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since <\/span>the <\/span>UN <\/span>Millennium <\/span>Declaration <\/span><\/a>in <\/span>2000, <\/span>global <\/span>health <\/span>progress <\/span>has <\/span>been <\/span>shaped <\/span>by <\/span>substantial <\/span>increases <\/span>in <\/span>aid <\/span>and <\/span>domestic <\/span>investment. <\/span>However, <\/span>a <\/span>sharp <\/span>reduction <\/span>in <\/span>external <\/span>funding <\/span>in <\/span>early <\/span>2025\u2014<\/span>particularly <\/span>from <\/span>the <\/span>US <\/span>and <\/span>European <\/span>donors\u2014<\/span>has <\/span>strained <\/span>countries <\/span>already <\/span>facing <\/span>economic <\/span>pressure. <\/span>This <\/span>has <\/span>led <\/span>to <\/span>what <\/span>the <\/span>authors <\/span>describe <\/span>as \u201c<\/span>health <\/span>financing <\/span>cliffs,\u201d <\/span>with <\/span>over <\/span>3 <\/span>billion <\/span>people <\/span>now <\/span>living <\/span>in <\/span>countries <\/span>that <\/span>spend <\/span>more <\/span>on <\/span>debt <\/span>servicing <\/span>than <\/span>on <\/span>health <\/span>or <\/span>education.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>article <\/span>discusses <\/span>how <\/span>countries <\/span>such <\/span>as <\/span>South <\/span><\/a>Africa<\/a>, <\/span>Nigeria<\/a>, <\/span>and <\/span>Thailand <\/span><\/a>are <\/span>adopting <\/span>measures <\/span>to <\/span>address <\/span>funding <\/span>shortfalls, <\/span>from <\/span>reallocating <\/span>national <\/span>budgets <\/span>to <\/span>integrating <\/span>externally <\/span>supported <\/span>services <\/span>into <\/span>domestic <\/span>systems. <\/span>It <\/span>also <\/span>explores <\/span>the <\/span>potential <\/span>of <\/span>alternative <\/span>financing <\/span>tools, <\/span>including <\/span>debt-<\/span>to-<\/span>health <\/span>swaps, <\/span>digital <\/span>innovation, <\/span>and <\/span>regional <\/span>procurement <\/span>mechanisms.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>authors <\/span>emphasise <\/span>the <\/span>importance <\/span>of <\/span>coordinated <\/span>global <\/span>support, <\/span>improved <\/span>data <\/span>transparency, <\/span>and <\/span>strategic <\/span>planning <\/span>to <\/span>ensure <\/span>continued <\/span>progress <\/span>toward <\/span>universal <\/span>health <\/span>coverage. <\/span>The <\/span>piece <\/span>calls <\/span>for <\/span>renewed <\/span>leadership <\/span>and <\/span>sustainable <\/span>investment <\/span>models <\/span>suited <\/span>to <\/span>evolving <\/span>national <\/span>and <\/span>global <\/span>realities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Global health aid is declining, with over 3 billion people in debt-burdened countries. Nations like Nigeria and Thailand are adapting, but coordinated, sustainable solutions are urgently needed. The global health community is facing a critical juncture, as highlighted in a recent Lancet comment titled Navigating health financing cliffs: a new era in global health, published…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":987770226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[117,3024,3046],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987770223"}],"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=987770223"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987770223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987772679,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987770223\/revisions\/987772679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987770226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987770223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987770223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987770223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}