Background: Sizable out of pocket payment for health care make a hardship financing for many families and this will lead to a catastrophic expenditure. To pay health services that exceed the financial capacity of households would aggravate the economic stability of the household, which in...

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for better tracking and monitoring domestic and international investments in health, including on pandemic preparedness. The total official support for sustainable development (TOSSD) framework can help, as it captures both cross‑border flows to...

This paper explores the health financing challenges that countries face when they transition from low-income towards middle-income level and beyond. While domestic actors bear an increasing share of the national health expenditure in this process, the transition is not automatic nor necessarily...

Efforts to finance HIV responses have generated large increases in funding, catalyzed activism and institutional innovation, and brought renewed attention to health issues and systems. The benefits go well beyond HIV programs. The substantial increases in HIV funding are a tiny percentage of...

This article is based on a presentation to a symposium on Building Global Alliances in a World of Healthcare Inequities, sponsored by CGFNS International and held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in December 2007. The presentation focuses on four areas related to the symposium's theme of "Global...

In an environment characterized by growing financing constraints, the health sectors of Eastern European countries are under increased pressure to perform efficiently. Policy-makers are challenged to ensure access to health care and financial protection for vulnerable populations. To mitigate...