The impacts of donor transitions on health systems in middle-income countries: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: As countries graduate from low-income to middle-income status, many face losses in development assistance for health and must 'transition' to greater domestic funding of their health response. If improperly managed, donor transitions in middle-income countries (MICs) could present significant challenges to global health progress. No prior knowledge synthesis has comprehensively surveyed how donor transitions can affect health systems in MICs. We conducted a scoping review using a structured search strategy across five academic databases and 37 global health donor and think tank websites for literature published between January 1990 and October 2018. We used the World Health Organization health system 'building blocks' framework to thematically synthesize and structure the analysis. Followi

SUBMITTER: Huffstetler HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9558870 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature