Official development assistance, or ODA, for health may hit a decade low.
Health aid is projected to decline by up to 40% in 2025 compared to 2023 levels, from over $25 billion to around $15 billion, according to estimates from the World Health Organization, presented earlier this month during the Asian Development Bank-hosted INSPIRE forum. This is even below the health ODA funding in 2015, which was over $18 billion.
The decline is due to significant donor funding cuts from some of the world’s biggest donor countries, including the United States — the world’s largest sovereign donor to health — and several countries in Europe.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
