The long-term impact of COVID-19 on development assistance for health is still uncertain.
The long-term impact of COVID-19 on development assistance for health is still uncertain.
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10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01448-3
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2021-10-09
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Aryeetey G
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Ogbuoji O;Mao W;Aryeetey G
The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to have an unprecedented effect on lives, livelihoods, and economies around the world. Some experts speculate that COVID-19 will become endemic, requiring a shift from an emergency response to a long-term sustainable strategy. 1, 2 Modelling the impact of COVID-19 on total health expenditure and development assistance for health into the future is therefore challenging while the pandemic is ongoing.In The Lancet, the Global Burden of Disease 2020 Health Financing Collaborator Network estimate the amount of total health expenditure and development assistance for health from 1990 to 2050, 3 using new data sources to update previous estimates from 1990 to 2018. 4, 5 They estimate funding for 2019–20 with a special focus on COVID-19, and forecast health spending for 2021–50. They report that annual development assistance for health reached US $54· 4 billion in 2020, of which $13· 5 billion was targeted at the COVID-19 response ($12· 1 billion in new commitments and $1· 4 billion reallocated from other health projects). They also report geographical inequalities in disbursements, finding that some countries with a high COVID-19 burden received less funding than less affected countries. The new Article goes further than previous attempts at quantifying this expenditure by comparing