Developing Countries: Health Services

House of Lords written question – answered at on 24 November 2014.

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Photo of Lord Boateng Lord Boateng Labour

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of investment in (1) health system strengthening, and (2) public health, in the developing world.

Photo of Baroness Northover Baroness Northover Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip), The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development

There is no internationally recognised methodology for calculating investment in either health systems strengthening or public health.

Estimates of the need for investment in health systems in developing countries and the adequacy of resources available have been made. Most recently, the Commission on Investing in Health estimated that around an additional $15 billion per annum would be required between 2016 and 2025 to strengthen health systems in developing countries.

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