Journal article
Misfinancing global health: a case for transparency in disbursements and decision making.
- Abstract:
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To address the gap between health investments and financial flows worldwide, we identified the patterns in allocation of funds by the four largest donors--ie, the World Bank, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the US Government, and the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria--in 2005. We created a disbursement database with information gathered from the annual reports and budgets. Funding per death varied widely according to type of disease--eg, US$1029.10 for HIV/AIDS...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Lancet
- Volume:
- 372
- Issue:
- 9644
- Pages:
- 1185-1191
- Publication date:
- 2008-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1474-547X
- ISSN:
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0140-6736
- Source identifiers:
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196540
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:196540
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- pubs:196540
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2008
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