Here are the top health donors in Afghanistan
By Janadale Leene Coralde, Raquel Alcega // 19 August 2021
Development donors spent about $2.4 billion for health between 2010 and 2019 in Afghanistan according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s official development aid data. Multilateral donors led by EU institutions, including the World Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, and also key global health institutions such as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, represent 68% of the total health funding over said period of 10 years. <div class="flourish-embed flourish-bar-chart-race" data-src="visualisation/7038992"><script src="https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js"></script></div> Top 10 donors by health spending in Afghanistan (2010-2019) The World Bank saw a health spending increase of 807% from 2010 to 2019, followed by the Global Fund and Gavi with 197% and 117% increases respectively. The United States is the top aid donor to the country, but it ranks fourth in health spending at $245 million — 1.1% of the total spent — after the EU, Gavi, and Canada. The level of health disbursements ranged from just $6.3 million in 2016 to $38.4 million in 2019. The annual average of the U.S., at $24.5 million, was almost the same as Canada’s, at $25 million. South Korea is the 14th largest donor to Afghanistan, but made it to the list of the top 10 donors supporting health with $84.2 million — 14% of its total aid to the country. Almost a quarter of health disbursements were made in 2010. In 2019, it only directed $142,000 to health — 0.5% of the total aid toward Afghanistan that year.
Development donors spent about $2.4 billion for health between 2010 and 2019 in Afghanistan according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s official development aid data.
Multilateral donors led by EU institutions, including the World Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, and also key global health institutions such as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, represent 68% of the total health funding over said period of 10 years.
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