Senior Economist @WorldBank. Previously @CGDev @Harvard @MIT @UHManoa. Health systems, financing, economics. Views my own. RT not endorsement.
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Victoria Fan retweeted
Japan, @WHO, & the @WorldBankGroup launched the Universal Health Coverage Knowledge Hub to share evidence-based solutions & peer learning. #HealthWorks @MOF_Japan @MHLWitter
Learn how countries can access practical tools, case studies, and support: wrld.bg/WXV850Z58HB
Victoria Fan retweeted
The 4th Edition of Disease Control Priorities (#DCP4) is out!
Explore how selected low-&middle-income countries use evidence for priority setting & designing #EssentialHealthService packages within the #UHC framework: wrld.bg/eGM650VflpQ
@BCEPShealth @HarvardChanSPH
Victoria Fan retweeted
Between 2000 and 2022, global spending on #health rose substantially, but the unequal.
Global spending on health more than doubled from US$ 4.5 trillion in constant prices in 2000 to US$ 9.8 trillion in 2022.
Over the same period, global GDP increased by 87%, implying that overall health #spending grew faster than global GDP.
Domestic public spending on health more than doubled in real terms, to US$ 6.1 trillion, while private spending increased by 85%, to US$ 3.7 trillion.
iris.who.int/bitstream/handl…
Victoria Fan retweeted
Saddened to hear about the passing of a good friend and a public health champion, Richard Cash.
Richard was one of the masterminds behind the first clinical trials of oral rehydration therapy — a simple innovation that has saved millions of lives in the past several decades.
He was a champion of health equity and a mentor to so many public health leaders over his long career.
My heartfelt condolences to Richard’s family, colleagues and students. He will be greatly missed.
Victoria Fan retweeted
How can countries reduce premature deaths? thelancet.com/journals/lance… @TheLancet Commission recommends a focus on 15 conditions, including tuberculosis, neonatal conditions, cardiovascular diseases, diarrheal diseases.
Victoria Fan retweeted
🆕 Our new @TheLancet Commission on Investing in Health report is now published !
✒️ It’s a long report—54 pages, 310 references, 50 authors, 22 advisers, 10 background research papers—but a 2-page policy brief is capturing key messages
globalhealth2050.org/files/2……
Victoria Fan retweeted
Making Dollars and Sense: Conditioned Domestic Financing in Global Health cgdev.org/blog/making-dollar…
Victoria Fan retweeted
In a NEW 📝paper, @FanVictoria, @susansparkes & MyMai Yungrattanachai aim to understand how conditioned domestic “co-financing” is defined and operationalized by agencies, with a dive into @gavi and @GlobalFund 👇
bit.ly/3zGDpU4
Victoria Fan retweeted
I remember @rglenner talking about this on the 80,000 hours podcast, it was quite a moving conversation open.spotify.com/episode/0V8…
The social value of investing in vaccine research, development, and manufacturing capacity for pandemic preparedness and response, from @rglenner, Catherine Che, Sarrin M. Chethik, Claire T. McMahon, and Christopher M. Snyder nber.org/papers/w32984
Victoria Fan retweeted
NEW! Increasing investments to reduce #undernutrition & #obesity is crucial for our future! These investments hold unparalleled potential to:
- Build Human Capital 👩🏫👨🔧
- Drive Economic Growth 💰🚀
- Provide Climate Co-Benefits 🌍🌱
📘More info: wrld.bg/kLBJ50Tw5A4
Victoria Fan retweeted
Indeed! and there's other benefits of on-budget financing too: builds capacity of MoH and create incentives to keep the program going more than off-budget, increasing chances of programs being continued by govts
“channelling (on budget) might be a promising avenue to enhance the impact of DAH on financial risk protection.”
New paper by @jacopogabani et al on whether health aid matters for financial risk protection in health!
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
@WBG_Health
Victoria Fan retweeted
U.S. drug overdose deaths plummet, saving thousands of lives npr.org/2024/09/18/nx-s1-510…
Victoria Fan retweeted
My latest on the decision to expand AB-PMJAY to include all Indians over 70 years of age. #UHC
PMJAY cover for all elderly Indians irrespective of income: a major step towards Universal Health Care orfonline.org/research/pmjay… via @orfonline
Victoria Fan retweeted
When people think about distinguishing features of the Chinese economic model, I don't think many think of unusually progressive, i.e. pro-poor, education and health spending, but it's true.
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China redistributes quite effectively but fiscal system’s progressivity could be enhanced by a larger share of PIT, reducing healthcare user fees, and raising transfers.
Victoria Fan retweeted
Love this paper - 61% of health aid project descriptions mention at least one of the list of highly cost-effective interventions.
Is that glass half-full or half-empty?
💸How Cost-Effective Is Global Health Aid?
📣Please check out our new paper!
@CGDev @BSW98860983 @KarenGrepin et al
cgdev.org/blog/how-cost-effe…
cgdev.org/publication/cost-e…
Victoria Fan retweeted
In 20 occasions since 1995, tropical cyclones have caused damages estimated at more than 10% of GDP in the #Caribbean and Oceania—and in eight of these cases, the estimated damages exceeded 50 percent of GDP. blogs.worldbank.org/en/clima… # via @WBG_Climate