How feasible is it to mobilize $31 billion a year for pandemic preparedness and response? An economic growth modelling analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Covid-19 has reinforced health and economic cases for investing in pandemic preparedness and response (PPR). The World Bank and World Health Organization (WHO) propose that low- and middle-income governments and donor countries should invest $31.1 billion each year for PPR. We analyse, based on the projected economic growth of countries between 2022 and 2027, how likely it is that low- and middle-income country governments and donors can mobilize the estimated funding.

Methods

We modelled trends in economic growth to project domestic health spending by low- and middle-income governments and official development assistance (ODA) by donors for years 2022 to 2027. We modelled two scenarios for countries and donors - a constant and an optimistic scenario. Under the co

SUBMITTER: Shahid M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11264850 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature