Disparities in health financing allocation among infectious diseases in Ebola virus disease (EVD)-affected countries, 2005–2017

Shimizu, Kazuki, Checchi, Francesco and Warsame, Abdihamid (2022) Disparities in health financing allocation among infectious diseases in Ebola virus disease (EVD)-affected countries, 2005–2017. Healthcare (Switzerland), 10 (2). ISSN 2227-9032

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Abstract

The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks impacted the population health due to over-stretched health systems and disrupted essential health services. Despite a call to achieve equal financial allocation depending on public health needs, there has been scant examination of the fair-ness of investment among infectious diseases. This study analyzes the extent to which equitable development assistance for health (DAH) has been provided in accordance with disease burden in EVD-affected countries. Estimates of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2017 and DAH Database 1990–2019 in 2005–2017 were analyzed by disease category: vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs), HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and EVD. HIV/AIDS generally recorded higher ratios of DAH per DALYs (DAH/DALYs). Malaria and tuberculosis showed different trends by country, and VPDs generally presented lower ratios. In West Africa in 2013–2016, DAH/DALYs surged in EVD and fluctuated in HIV/AIDS and malaria. Tuberculosis and VPDs consistently recorded lower ratios. To achieve the risk reduction during and after health emergencies, optimal funding allocation between diseases based on the disease burden is warranted in the pre-emergency period, along with measurement of immediate health needs of populations in real-time during an emergency.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.mdpi.com/journal/healthcare
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Authors
Divisions:	Health Policy
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Date Deposited:	02 Feb 2022 15:42
Last Modified:	12 Jul 2024 20:24
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/113603

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