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- Title
Development assistance for health in central and eastern European Region.
- Authors
Suhrcke, Marc; Rechel, Bernd; Michaud, Catherine
- Abstract
Objective We aimed to quantify development assistance for health to countries of central and eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE-CIS). Methods We used the International Development Statistics database of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the database on development assistance for health compiled for the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health to quantify health development assistance to the region, compared to global and overall development assistance. We based our analysis on standard health indicators, including child mortality, life expectancy at birth and health expenditures. Findings Although total development assistance per capita to CEE-CIS was higher than that for most other regions of the world, development assistance for health was very low compared to other countries with similar levels of child mortality, life expectancy at birth and national expenditures on health. Conclusion The allocation of development assistance for health on a global scale seems to be related far more to child mortality rather than adult mortality. Countries of CEE-CIS have a high burden of adult morbidity and mortality from non-communicable diseases, which does not appear to attract proportionate development assistance. Levels of development assistance for health should be determined in consideration of the region's particular burden of disease.
- Subjects
FORMER Soviet republics; EUROPE; MEDICAL care; PUBLIC health; DATABASES; ORGANISATION for Economic Co-operation &; Development; LIFE expectancy; QUALITY of life; HEALTH status indicators
- Publication
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2005, Vol 83, Issue 12, p920
- ISSN
0042-9686
- Publication type
Article