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- Title
Financing for tuberculosis prevention, diagnosis and treatment services in the Western Pacific Region in 2005-2020.
- Authors
Morishita, Fukushi; Elsayed, Hend; Islam, Tauhid; Rahevar, Kalpeshsinh; Kyung Hyun Oh; Yanagawa, Manami; Floyd, Katherine; Baena, Inés Garcia
- Abstract
Objective: This paper provides an overview of financing for tuberculosis (TB) prevention, diagnostic and treatment services in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region during 2005-2020. Methods: This analysis uses the WHO global TB finance database to describe TB funding during 2005-2020 in 18 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the Western Pacific Region, with additional country-level data and analysis for seven priority countries: Cambodia, China, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Viet Nam. Results: Funding for the provision of TB prevention, diagnostic and treatment services in the 18 LMICs tripled from US$ 358 million in 2005 to US$ 1061 million in 2020, driven largely by increases in domestic funding, which rose from US$ 325 million to US$ 939 million over the same period. In the seven priority countries, TB investments also tripled, from US$ 340 million in 2005 to US$ 1020 million in 2020. China alone accounted for much of this growth, increasing its financing for TB programmes and services five-fold, from US$ 160 million to US$ 784 million. The latest country forecasts estimate that US$ 3.8 billion will be required to fight TB in the seven priority countries by 2025, which means that unless additional funding is mobilized, the funding gap will increase from US$ 326 million in 2020 to US$ 830 million by 2025. Discussion: Increases in domestic funding over the past 15 years reflect a firm political commitment to ending TB. However, current funding levels do not meet the required needs to finance the national TB strategic plans in the priority countries. An urgent step-up of public financing efforts is required to reduce the burden of TB in the Western Pacific Region.
- Subjects
FINANCIAL databases; TUBERCULOSIS; MIDDLE-income countries; DIAGNOSTIC services; MYCOBACTERIUM avium paratuberculosis; PUBLIC finance
- Publication
Western Pacific Surveillance & Response Journal, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
2094-7321
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5365/wpsar.2023.14.3.976