Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2022 Dec 12;17(12):e0277799. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277799. eCollection 2022.
Development assistance for health (DAH) is an important source of financing for health for many low-income and some middle-income countries. Most DAH has predominantly been contributed by high-income countries. However, in the context of economic progress and changing global priorities, DAH contributions from countries of the Global South such as India have gained importance. In this paper, we estimate DAH contributed by India between 2009 and 2020.
We leveraged data from budgetary documents, databases, and financial reports of the Ministry of External Affairs and multilateral organizations to estimate DAH contributions. The proportions of development assistance that go towards health in major recipient countries were estimated and reported by recipient country and year.
Between 2009 and 2020, DAH contributed by India to bilateral and multilateral partners totaled $206.0 million. South Asian countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar received the most DAH from India. DAH contributed relative to DAH received ranged from 1.42% in 2009 to 5.26% in 2018, the latest year with country-level data. Health focus areas prioritized by India included technical training and innovation, health care infrastructure support, and supply of medications and medical equipment.
India is an important development partner to many countries-particularly to those in the South Asian region. India's DAH allocation strategy prioritizes contributions toward neighboring countries in the South Asia region in several health focus areas. Detailed project-level data are needed to estimate DAH contributions from India with greater precision and accuracy.
卫生发展援助（DAH）是许多低收入和一些中等收入国家卫生融资的重要来源。大多数 DAH 主要由高收入国家提供。然而，在经济进步和全球优先事项不断变化的背景下，印度等南方国家的 DAH 捐款变得更加重要。本文估算了印度在 2009 年至 2020 年期间提供的 DAH。
我们利用外交部预算文件、数据库和多边组织财务报告中的数据来估算 DAH 捐款。按受援国和年份估算并报告了主要受援国发展援助中用于卫生的比例。
2009 年至 2020 年，印度向双边和多边伙伴提供的 DAH 总额为 2.06 亿美元。孟加拉国、不丹、尼泊尔、斯里兰卡和缅甸等南亚国家从印度获得的 DAH 最多。印度提供的 DAH 相对比例从 2009 年的 1.42%到 2018 年的 5.26%不等，2018 年是具有国家级数据的最新年份。印度优先重视的卫生重点领域包括技术培训和创新、医疗保健基础设施支持以及药物和医疗设备供应。
印度是许多国家的重要发展伙伴，特别是南亚地区的国家。印度的 DAH 分配战略优先考虑向南亚地区的邻国在几个卫生重点领域提供捐款。需要详细的项目级数据来更准确地估算印度的 DAH 捐款。
