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Main Country Health Financing Indicators
Total Population, as of 1 July 2023 (millions)
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in current US$
Domestic general government revenue per capita in current US$
Domestic gen. government health expenditure per capita, in current US$
ODA grants for health received per capita, in current US$
General government gross debt per capita, in current US$
Domestic general government revenue in percent of GDP (%)
Dom. Gen. Government Health Expenditure in percent of government revenue (%)
Dom. Gen. Government Health Expenditure in percent of GDP (%)
General government gross debt, in percent of GDP (%)
Additional Country Health Financing Indicators
Total Population, as of 1 July 2023 (millions)
Gross domestic product (GDP), in current US$ (millions)
Domestic general government revenue, in current US$ (millions)
Domestic general government health expenditure, in current US$ (millions)
ODA grants for health received, in current US$ (millions)
General government gross debt, in current US$ (millions)
General government revenue, in percent of GDP (%)
ODA grants for Public Sector, in percent of GDP (%)
Main Health-Specific ODA Indicators
Total Population, as of 1 July 2023 (millions)
Gross domestic product (GDP), in current US$ (millions)
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in current US$
Real Transfers of ODA in the form of Grants, in current US$ (millions)
Real Transfers of ODA in the form of Grants per capita in current US$
Real Transfers of ODA in the form of Grants in percent of GNI (%)
ODA Grants for Health, in current US$ (millions)
ODA Grants for Health per capita in current US$
ODA Grants for Health in percent of GNI (%)
Additional Health-Specific ODA Indicators
ODA Grants for specific HIV interventions, in current US$ (millions)
ODA Grants for specific COVID-19 interventions, in current US$ (millions)
ODA Grants for specific Tuberculosis interventions, in current US$ (millions)
ODA Grants for specific Malaria interventions, in current US$ (millions)
ODA Grants for specific NTDs interventions, in current US$ (millions)
ODA Grants for specific Ebola interventions, in current US$ (millions)
ODA Grants for projects of reproductive health, in current US$ (millions)
ODA Grants for child health incl. immunisation, in current US$ (millions)
ODA Grants for sector-wide or general health programmes, in current US$ (millions)
ODA Grants for projects of non-communicable diseases, in current US$ (millions)
ODA Grants for mental health, in current US$ (millions)
Projects of Health specific ODA
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Stellungnahme Bundeshaushalt 2020

Verband Entwicklungspolitik und humanitäre Hilfe VENRO (2019) CC
Stellungnahme zum Kabinettsentwurf für den Bundeshaushalt 2020 und den Finanzplan bis 2023
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Bundeshaushalt 2022- Eine Welt im Ausnahmezustand

Verband Entwicklungspolitik und humanitäre Hilfe VENRO (2022) CC
Stellungnahme zu Bundeshaushalt 2022
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Bundeshaushalt 2021: Entwurf für den Bundeshalt 2021 und den Finanzplan bis 2024

Verband Entwicklungspolitik und humanitäre Hilfe (2020) CC
Entwurf für den Bundeshalt 2021 und den Finanzplan bis 2024
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Ist Deutschlands Beitrag zur Finanzierung von Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und Humanitärer Hilfe ausreichend?

Goltermann L. Verband Entwicklungspolitik und Humanitäre Hilfe deutsche Nichtregierungsorgansationen e.V. (VENRO) (2022) CC
Analyse und Vorausschau der Official Development Assistance (ODA) für die 20. Legislaturperiode des Deutschen Bundestages
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Übersicht der Finanzierungsbeiträge für die Weltgesundheitsorganisation

Rüppel J. (2020) CC
Übersicht der Finanzierungsbeiträge
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Tracking donor funding towards achieving the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) goals: A landscape analysis (1990–2016)

Ilkelezi et al. Department of Global Health; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (2023) CC
Efforts driving universal coverage have recently been strengthened through implementation of the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) where cost estimates for immunization support were developed totaling US$40 billion of donor assistance by 2020. In addition to resource mobilization, there has been an ... more
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What counts as development assistance for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health?

Templin T.; Bendavid E. The Lancet (2020) CC
There is no single answer to this question, and therefore no single way to do it. In The Lancet Global Health, Antonia Dingle and colleagues report the convening of a group of policy makers to discuss why we should track financing for RMNCH. The group developed a set of principles guiding what infor... more
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Voluntary contributions by fund and by contributor, 2018

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2019) C_WHO
Voluntary contributions by fund and by contributor, 2018
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Where did all the aid go? An in-depth analysis of increased health aid flows over the past 10 years

Piva P., Dodd. R. Bull World Health Organ (2009) CC
To examine how health aid is spent and channelled, including the distribution of resources across countries and between subsectors. Our aim was to complement the many qualitative critiques of health aid with a quantitative review and to provide insights on the level of development assistance availa... more
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Investments needed for 2010 targets

UNAIDS (2009) CC
What countries need: Investments needed for 2010 targets
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Press Release: WHO Heading Towards New Disastrous Era of Health Financialization

People's Health Movement (2023) CC
Press release
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Violence against women

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2021) C_WHO
Fact Sheet
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Unprecedented economic attack on Sub-Sahara African economies: coronavirus: How severe is the perceived slump?

Nichiimunya N. Environment Systems & Decisions (2020) CC
This paper is motivated by the global spread of the coronavirus referred to as COVID-19 and its efect on Sub-Saharan African (SSA) economies. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has alluded to the COVID-19 not only afecting the global health but also trade and tourism, commodity prices, and fnanci... more
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World Humanitarian Data and Trends 2018

OCHA Health Affairs (2018) C2
World Humanitarian Data and Trends presents global- and country-level data-and-trend analysis about humanitarian crises and assistance. Its purpose is to consolidate this information and present it in an accessible way, providing policymakers, researchers and humanitarian practitioners with an evid... more
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UK official development assistance cut threatens global mental health

Kola L.; Luitel N. The Lancet (2021) CC
Evidenced-based multidisciplinary collaborative strategies are required to improve global mental health and avert possible catastrophic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic through the effects of economic recessions and social disruptions on already fragile populations with little or no social protectio... more
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Trends in the alignment and harmonization of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health funding, 2008–13

Martinez-Alvarez M.; Achary A.; Arregoces L. et al. Health Affairs (2017) CC
Donor financing to low- and middle-income countries for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health increased substantially from 2008 to 2013. However, increased spending by donors might not improve outcomes, if funds are delivered in ways that undermine countries’ public financial managemen... more
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Tracking total spending on tuberculosis by source and function in 135 low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17: a financial modelling study

Su Y., Garcia Baena I., Harle A. et al. The Lancet (2020) CC
Estimates of government spending and development assistance for tuberculosis exist, but less is known about out-of-pocket and prepaid private spending. We aimed to provide comprehensive estimates of total spending on tuberculosis in low-income and middle-income countries for 2000–17.
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Tracking spending on malaria by source in 106 countries, 2000–16: an economic modelling study

Haakenstad A.; Harle A.; Tsakalos G. et al. The Lancet (2019) CC
Tracking global malaria spending provides insight into how far the world is from reaching the malaria funding target of $6·6 billion annually by 2020. Because most countries with a high burden of malaria are low income or lower-middle income, mobilising additional government resources for malaria m... more
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Tracking sectoral allocation of official development assistance: a comparative study of the 29 Development Assistance Committee countries, 2011–2018

Nomura S; Sakamoto H.; Ishizuka A. et al. Global Health Action (2021) CC
Official development assistance (ODA) is one of the most important means for donor countries to foster diplomatic relations with low- and middle-income countries and contribute to the welfare of the international community.Objective: This study estimated the sectoral allocation of