The High Level Taskforce on Innovative International Financing for Health Systems

Bibliographic Data

ID11490117
AuthorsDavid Mccoy (0000-0001-7305-8594, London International Development Centre, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume24
Issue5
Pages321-323
Publication date2009-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Policy and Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0268-1080 • E-ISSN: 1460-2237
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/heapol/czp033
PMID19684089
OpenAlexW1998539765
LanguageEN
Citations received4

‘Up to ten billion dollars a year’. That was the headline figure produced by the High Level Taskforce on Innovative International Financing for Health Systems, indicating the additional funding required to strengthen health systems and scale-up essential health care in 49 low-income countries (LICs) (Taskforce on Innovative International Financing for Health Systems 2009). Not a lot of money, especially in the context of the bail-out of US and UK banks, or the assets of the richest 0.1% of the world’s population. Launched in September 2008, the Taskforce was established to come up with practical proposals for new and innovative sources of finance for health systems, and for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of aid to health. Two expert Working Groups were set up to produce detailed reports—one on the constraints to health systems strengthening and the costs of scaling-up essential health care, and the other on the sources of finance and the options for channelling such funding (Working Group 1, 2009; Working Group 2, 2009). Both reports cover a lot of ground and are worth reading in full before examining the report and 10 recommendations of the Taskforce itself.

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