The long-term impact of COVID-19 on development assistance for health is still uncertain

[...]funders can see the activity of other funders, allowing them to explore collaborations or fill existing funding gaps. [...]the models fail to capture important political shifts created by crises such as pandemics that could influence health spending over and above the impact of the GDP. China i...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 398; no. 10308; pp. 1280 - 1281
Main Authors Ogbuoji, Osondu, Mao, Wenhui, Aryeetey, Genevieve
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 09.10.2021
Elsevier Limited
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Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Economic impact
Epidemics
Estimates
Expenditures
Funding
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Humans
Impact analysis
Outbreaks
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Uncertainty
Viral diseases
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Summary:[...]funders can see the activity of other funders, allowing them to explore collaborations or fill existing funding gaps. [...]the models fail to capture important political shifts created by crises such as pandemics that could influence health spending over and above the impact of the GDP. China increased investments in universal health coverage after the SARS-CoV outbreak,8,9 as did Rwanda after the genocide.10 Following the Asian financial crisis, Thailand increased spending but Indonesia did not.11 Lastly, it is not clear that the model sufficiently captured the changing frequency of outbreaks, the differential impact on the economy, and the subsequent effect on development assistance for health.12,13 Laurent Weyl/Argo/Panos Taken together, these concerns illustrate the potential impact of COVID-19 on future government health expenditure and development assistance for health.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01448-3