In low- and middle-income countries, a hospital is often the first stop for citizens that experience illness, or the last stop when their health needs aren’t met by primary care. And as countries grow economically, the demand for quality health services at all levels will grow. So when a government decides that it needs to […]
Spatial Relationships: Does Global Health Aid Go Where It’s Needed?
This is a joint post with Yuna Sakuma. Funding for health in any country doesn’t always go where it’s needed most. But this is particularly true where donors and national governments have to decide how to distribute scarce resources within a country and coordinate their efforts. Often, governments don’t know where donors are spending their health funds, and […]