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Health spending rise is pushing 100 mn people into extreme poverty every year: WHO

According to a latest report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the increase in health spending is pushing 100 million people into extreme poverty on yearly basis.

By: Agencies   | | Published: February 21, 2019 2:41 pm
Tags: Health Budget  Poverty  WHO  
Health spending accounts for 10 per cent of global gross domestic product. ©Shutterstock

Health spending, which accounts for 10 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP), is pushing 100 million people into extreme poverty each year, says a report by the World Health Organization (WHO). Also Read - Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab: WHO

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Health spending is made up of government expenditure, out-of-pocket payments (people paying for their own care) and sources such as voluntary health insurance, employer-provided health programmes and activities by non-governmental organisations. Also Read - Experts draw out the strengths and shortcomings of health budget 2021

The report “2018 Global Health Expenditure” revealed that in low and middle-income countries health spending is growing on average 6 per cent annually compared with 4 per cent in high-income countries.

While governments provide an average of 51 per cent of a country’s health spending, more than 35 per cent of health spending per country comes from out-of-pocket expenses. And as a consequence, 100 million people are pushed into extreme poverty each year, the report said.

“Increased domestic spending is essential for achieving universal health coverage and the health-related sustainable development goals,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a statement on Wednesday.

“But health spending is not a cost, it’s an investment in poverty reduction, jobs, productivity, inclusive economic growth, and healthier, safer, fairer societies,” Ghebreyesus added.

In middle-income countries, government health expenditure per capita has doubled since the year 2000. On average, governments spend $60 per person on health in lower-middle income countries and close to $270 per person in upper-middle income countries.

However, in low and middle-income countries, new data suggest that more than half of health spending is devoted to primary healthcare. Yet less than 40 per cent of all spending on primary healthcare comes from governments.

In 2018 October, all 194 member states of the global health body recognized the importance of primary healthcare. The WHO urged them to act and prioritize spending on quality healthcare in the community.

The report also examined the role of external funding. As domestic spending increases, the proportion of funding provided by external aid dropped to less than 1 per cent of global health expenditure. Almost half of these external funds are devoted to three diseases — HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.

Source: IANS

Published : February 21, 2019 2:41 pm
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