HATS - Current events in global health

Will health be able to escape the effects of the global financial crisis? Click on the links below to read reports about the potential impact of the financial meltdown on health in developing countries.

• World Health Organisation report
• World Bank report Swimming against the Tide
• World Bank report Protecting Pro-Poor Health Services during Financial Crises Lessons from Experience
• Action for Global Health annual report Health in Crisis

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has released its first Financing Global Health 2009 report, with contributions from the OECD DCD statistics division. Available here

The OECD and the International Health Partnership (IHP+) have recently announced an increased collaboration on health issues.

• Letter by Richard Carey (Director DCD) - Joint work of the OECD and IHP+
• Response from Margaret Chan (Director-General WHO) and Joy Pumaphi (Vice-President World Bank)

The secretariat of the IHP+ as well as consultants working on the IHP+ evaluation, contributed to the most recent TT HATS meeting on 2 April 2009 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.

The current preparation of the TT HATS interim report (end November) builds on close co-ordination with the IHP+ results group in charge of the evaluation of the IHP+. The IHP+ process develops within its own timeline, but regular communication is ensured with the IHP+ results group in order to avoid duplication, build on DAC experience and legitimacy in the area of aid effectiveness and report on changes at country and local levels towards more effective aid in the health sector.

On 20 April 2009, the IHP+ Compact for Mali was signed in Bamako. Dr Salif Samake, Director of planning in MoH of Mali is the co-chair of the TT HATS.