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.