Accounting for aid: estimating the impact of United States' global health investments on mortality among women of reproductive age using synthetic control and Bayesian methods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The United States government (USG) is a key global actor in preventing mortality and supporting lifesaving health services among women and children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Since the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, USG has funded global health programmes targeting specific conditions and strengthening health systems for the delivery of essential services via the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other USG agencies. However, directly quantifying and attributing the impact of USG health investments is challenging due to the inability of conducting randomised control trials for such large programmes at scale. In this study, we compared two quasi-experimental impact evaluation approaches to estimate the effects of sustained US

SUBMITTER: Ahsan KZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11927036 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature