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    Type of settings
    On-line
    Category of capacity building activity
    Seminar/Webinar
    PHIRI Activity
    No
    Activity schedule
    Fixed date(s)
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    Activity local date
    -
    Date on a monthly basis
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    GEO coverage
    Multinational
    Language
    English
    Available in other languages
    No
    Target audience
    Junior specialists;
    Experts;
    Public Health Professionals;
    Decision-Makers;
    Policy-Makers

    WHO recently released the Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED) for the UHC day. The updated GHED covers over 190 countries for the years 2000 to 2019. Together with the data publication, we also released the annual global report. This new report examines country health spending patterns and trends over the past 20 years, before the COVID-19 pandemic, with greater focus on public spending on health. The report also presents spending on primary health care, preliminary health expenditure in 2020 for a small set of countries (including their health spending on COVID-19) and an analysis of high income countries spending patterns, in particular during the global financial crisis. The report also points out the need for more public investment in health to get progress towards UHC back on track and strong health security.
    At the virtual event, we will present the key findings in the report, followed by a panel discussion.

    Topics
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases » Covid-19;
    Health systems » Health system performance » Costs/expenditure
    Free keywords
    primary health care
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    Leading organizer
    World Health Organisation
    Contact

    WHO Headquarters in Geneva
    (+41 22 791 21 11)

    Updated on 07 January 2023