Department of International Health, Georgetown University, 3700 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC, USA.
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, 3700 O Street NW, Washington, DC, USA.
Int Health. 2019 Sep 2;11(5):361-369. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihz040.
Mental health represents one of the most significant and increasing burdens to global public health. Over the past decade, the once invisible field has gained recognition on the global health agenda and this increased recognition is expected to increase international funding for mental health. Our review found that few studies have been conducted as to the level of international funding for mental health and there is a need for a differentiated assessment. We conducted such an assessment of global development-related assistance for mental health between 2006 and 2016 and established categories to serve as a baseline for future measurement. We found that development assistance specifically dedicated to mental health accounted for just 0.3% of all development assistance for health. Given the limited public expenditure on mental health by national governments in low- and middle-income countries, renewed efforts by the international community and development partners to substantially increase funding for mental health are critical.
心理健康是全球公共卫生面临的最大且日益加重的负担之一。在过去十年中，这一曾经不被关注的领域在全球卫生议程上得到了认可，预计这一认可将增加用于精神卫生的国际资金。我们的审查发现，针对心理健康的国际资金水平的研究很少，因此需要进行差异化评估。我们对 2006 年至 2016 年期间与精神卫生相关的全球发展援助进行了此类评估，并确定了类别，作为未来衡量的基准。我们发现，专门用于精神卫生的发展援助仅占所有卫生发展援助的 0.3%。鉴于中低收入国家的国家政府对精神卫生的公共支出有限，国际社会和发展伙伴必须作出新的努力，大幅增加对精神卫生的供资。
