{"id":987790491,"date":"2025-11-06T13:29:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?post_type=news&p=987790491"},"modified":"2025-11-14T13:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:48:08","slug":"new-who-guidance-to-help-countries-navigate-health-financing-crisis","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/new-who-guidance-to-help-countries-navigate-health-financing-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"New WHO guidance to help countries navigate health financing crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – SUMMARY – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your summary. The summary condenses the main points for the news that starts below. The summary is in bold and not longer than 300 characters, including spaces. The counter at the bottom can help.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||20px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

WHO released new guidance to help countries address severe global health financing cuts, urging stronger domestic investment, efficiency, and equity to sustain essential services and progress toward UHC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\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” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidance to help countries address the severe impact of global health financing cuts, which have reduced essential health services in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). External aid is projected to drop by 30\u201340%<\/a> in 2025 compared to 2023, disrupting key services such as maternal health, vaccination, and disease surveillance.<\/p>\n

Titled \u201cResponding to the health financing emergency: immediate measures and longer-term shifts,\u201d<\/em> the guidance outlines policy options for countries to safeguard health systems, improve efficiency, and strengthen domestic financing. WHO urges governments to treat health spending as an investment in social and economic stability, not merely a budgetary cost.<\/p>\n

Countries such as Kenya<\/a>, Nigeria<\/a>, Ghana<\/a>, and Uganda<\/a> have already increased domestic health funding or introduced fiscal reforms to sustain services. The guidance reinforces WHO\u2019s broader commitment to universal health coverage (UHC) and equitable, resilient health systems through efficient use of national resources and stronger primary health care<\/a>.<\/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":"

WHO released new guidance to help countries address severe global health financing cuts, urging stronger domestic investment, efficiency, and equity to sustain essential services and progress toward UHC. The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidance to help countries address the severe impact of global health financing cuts, which have reduced essential health services…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":987790974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[119,122,3024,3046],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987790491"}],"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=987790491"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987790491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987791048,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987790491\/revisions\/987791048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987790974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987790491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987790491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987790491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}