Tracking Japan's development assistance for health, 2012-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Development assistance for health (DAH) is one of the most important means for Japan to promote diplomacy with developing countries and contribute to the international community. This study, for the first time, estimated the gross disbursement of Japan's DAH from 2012 to 2016 and clarified its flows, including source, aid type, channel, target region, and target health focus area.

Methods

Data on Japan Tracker, the first data platform of Japan's DAH, were used. The DAH definition was based on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) sector classification. Regarding core funding to non-health-specific multilateral agencies, we estimated DAH and its flows based on the OECD methodology for calculating imputed multilateral official developme

SUBMITTER: Nomura S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7161223 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature