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Global Studies Reveal Health Financing Crisis Facing Developing Countries

Global Studies Reveal Health Financing Crisis Facing Developing Countries

by The Daily Eye Team April 15 2016, 9:59 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 32 secs

Two major studies published in The Lancet reveal the health financing crisis facing developing countries as a result of low domestic investment and stagnating international aid, which could leave millions of people without access to even the most basic health services.Analysing national health spending and global health funding [1], two studies led by Dr Joseph Dieleman from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), Seattle, USA, should be a wakeup call to global leaders and governments to deliver greater investment in health. The studies will be presented this week at the World Bank Group Universal Health Coverage Annual Financing Forum.

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