Growth in maternal, child health funding outpaces spending on HIV, TB, and malaria
These trends mark a reversal of funding patterns seen during the 2000 to 2010 period, when donors' investments in HIV, TB, and malaria grew at more than double the pace of spending on maternal and child health. However, funding for these areas is growing much more slowly than in the past, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. The article, "Development assistance for health: past trends, relationships, and the future of international financial flows for health," was published online April 13, 2016 in The Lancet . Despite faster growth rates in funding for maternal and child health, HIV funding still makes up the majority share of global health spending (30% for HIV/AIDS in 2015 compared to 18% and 10% for child and maternal health, respectively). Overall, the researchers found that total development assistance for health (DAH) continues to suffer from sluggish growth. After tripling bet...