Session 5: Health financing challenges

At the end of this session, students will be able to:
    1. Discuss the global health financing issues in low-income countries
    2. Understand the potential solutions available
    3. Critically discuss the possible solutions

Reading resources

1. Gottret P, Schieber G. Ch 7 – Financing Health in Low Income Countries. Health Financing Revisited. Washington DC: The international Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ World Bank, 2006: 209-248.
2. Cavagnero E., Lane C., Evans D.B., Carrin G. (2008). Development assistance for Health: Should policy-makers worry about its macro-economic impact? Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 86 (11) 864-70.
3. Lu C and all. (2010). Public financing of health in developing countries: a cross national systematic analysis. The Lancet. 375:1375-87.
4. Piva P., Dodd R. (2009). Where did all the aid go? An in-depth analysis of increased health aid flows over the past 10years. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 87: 930-939.
5. Powell-Jackson T., Mills A. (2007). A review of health resource tracking in developing countries. Health Policy and Planning. 2007; 1-10.
6. https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/9789813140493_0005
7. https://www.who.int/publications-detail/public-spending-on-health-a-closer-look-at-global-trends