BRICS cooperation in strategic health projects

Silva, Jarbas Barbosa da; Desiraju, Keshav; Matsoso, Precious; Ren, Mingchun; Salagay, O. О.

doi:10.2471/blt.14.141051

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“…China’s engagement in global health is rapidly expanding in other ways beyond the financing of projects in other countries [ 32 - 34 ]. It has, for example, been a leading player in promoting and supporting inter-BRICS country initiatives in health [ 33 ]. Public-private partnerships and institutional capacity-building for R&D between China and other low- and middle-income countries have led to new, lower-cost product pipelines for new drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics [ 35 ].…”

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China’s role as a global health donor in Africa: what can we learn from studying under reported resource flows?

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BackgroundThere is a growing recognition of China’s role as a global health donor, in particular in Africa, but there have been few systematic studies of the level, destination, trends, or composition of these development finance flows or a comparison of China’s engagement as a donor with that of more traditional global health donors.MethodsUsing newly released data from AidData on China’s development finance activities in Africa, developed to track under reported resource flows, we identified 255 health, population, water, and sanitation (HPWS) projects from 2000–2012, which we descriptively analyze by activity sector, recipient country, project type, and planned activity. We compare China’s activities to projects from traditional donors using data from the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Creditor Reporting System.ResultsSince 2000, China increased the number of HPWS projects it supported in Africa and health has increased as a development priority for China. China’s contributions are large, ranking it among the top 10 bilateral global health donors to Africa. Over 50% of the HPWS projects target infrastructure, 40% target human resource development, and the provision of equipment and drugs is also common. Malaria is an important disease priority but HIV is not. We find little evidence that China targets health aid preferentially to natural resource rich countries.ConclusionsChina is an important global health donor to Africa but contrasts with traditional DAC donors through China’s focus on health system inputs and on malaria. Although better data are needed, particularly through more transparent aid data reporting across ministries and agencies, China’s approach to South-South cooperation represents an important and distinct source of financial assistance for health in Africa.

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China’s role as a global health donor in Africa: what can we learn from studying under reported resource flows?

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“…18 For example, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa now convene an annual meeting of health ministers to strengthen cooperation on issues of shared interest among the five countries, such as technology transfer for medicine production and universal health coverage. 19 Although WHO could benefit from additional resources, the greater challenge is that it needs a larger proportion of its budget guaranteed. The US made the prospect of financial stability within WHO virtually impossible by adopting a policy of zero nominal growth-a decline in real terms-for the core budget of UN agencies such as WHO in the 1999 Helms-Biden Act.…”

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Global rules for global health: why we need an independent, impartial WHO

Sridhar

Frenk

Gostin

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“…The BRICS countries, which formalized their coalition in 2006, generate 25% of the world's gross national income, have approximately 40% of the world's population, approximately 50% of the world's poor, and represent 40% of the global burden of disease [2]. Through strategic cooperation and inter-BRICS policies, the BRICS nations increasingly seek to translate their economic growths into improved population health [7,10,11]. Their health ministries have been met annually to discuss synergies, priorities and innovations tailored to their resource-constrained settings [7,10].…”

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“…Through strategic cooperation and inter-BRICS policies, the BRICS nations increasingly seek to translate their economic growths into improved population health [7,10,11]. Their health ministries have been met annually to discuss synergies, priorities and innovations tailored to their resource-constrained settings [7,10]. The BRICS nations' agendas have been different than the Western nations, with a particular emphasis on social justice and equity in health in context of their unique, multifaceted health challenges [7,10].…”

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“…Their health ministries have been met annually to discuss synergies, priorities and innovations tailored to their resource-constrained settings [7,10]. The BRICS nations' agendas have been different than the Western nations, with a particular emphasis on social justice and equity in health in context of their unique, multifaceted health challenges [7,10]. The BRICS' national health challenges include important increases in the prevalence of non-communicable, chronic diseases [3,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18] along with a still prevalent burden of communicable conditions [19,20], multifaceted social determinants of health, and high inequalities in health and healthcare access [2,21].…”

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Physical Rehabilitation Needs in the BRICS Nations from 1990 to 2017: Cross-National Analyses Using Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study

Jesus

Landry

Hoenig

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Background: This study analyzes the current and evolving physical rehabilitation needs of BRICS nations (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China, South Africa), a coalition of large emergent economies increasingly important for global health. Methods: Secondary, cross-national analyses of data on Years Lived with Disability (YLDs) were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Total physical rehabilitation needs, and those stratified per major condition groups are analyzed for the year 2017 (current needs), and for every year since 1990 (evolution over time). ANOVAs are used to detect significant yearly changes. Results: Total physical rehabilitation needs have increased significantly from 1990 to 2017 in each of the BRICS nations, in every metric analyzed (YLD Counts, YLDs per 100,000 people, and percentage of YLDs relevant to physical rehabilitation; all p < 0.01). Musculoskeletal & pain conditions were leading cause of physical rehabilitation needs across the BRICS nations but to varying degrees: from 36% in South Africa to 60% in Brazil. Country-specific trends include: 25% of South African needs were from HIV-related conditions (no other BRICS nation had more than 1%); India had both absolute and relative growths of pediatric rehabilitation needs (p < 0.01); China had an exponential growth in the per-capita needs from neurological and neoplastic conditions (p < 0.01; r2 = 0.97); Brazil had a both absolute and relative growth of needs coming from musculoskeletal & pain conditions (p < 0.01); and the Russian Federation had the highest neurological rehabilitation needs per capita in 2017 (over than three times those of India, South Africa or Brazil). Conclusions: total physical rehabilitation needs have been increasing in each of the BRICS nations, both in absolute and relative values. Apart from the common growing trend, each of the BRICS nations had own patterns for the amount, typology, and evolution of their physical rehabilitation needs, which must be taken into account while planning for health and physical rehabilitation programs, policies and resources.

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BRICS cooperation in strategic health projects

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China’s role as a global health donor in Africa: what can we learn from studying under reported resource flows?

China’s role as a global health donor in Africa: what can we learn from studying under reported resource flows?

Global rules for global health: why we need an independent, impartial WHO

Physical Rehabilitation Needs in the BRICS Nations from 1990 to 2017: Cross-National Analyses Using Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study

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