Financing of global health: tracking development assistance for health from 1990 to 2007
The LancetPublished 1 June 2009
Nirmala Ravishankar, Paul Gubbins, Rebecca J Cooley, Katherine Leach‐Kemon, Catherine M. Michaud, Dean T. Jamison
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The substantial rise of resources for global health in recent years has been accompanied by major changes in the institutional landscape of global health, with global health initiatives such as the Global Fund and GAVI having a central role in mobilising and channelling global health funds.
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