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Kalipso Chalkidou

@kchalkidou

Director, Health Financing & Economics @WHO; formerly @GFATM and @CGD; Visiting Professor at Imperial College London. Tweets personal - RTs NOT endorsements.

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linkhttps://www.who.int/ calendar_today29-10-2010 21:31:16

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While there are health financing gaps that must be urgently filled, this must not be a Trojan horse by which neo-colonial, exploitative and extractive forms of health privatisation are enabled, and which frequently enriches financial hubs in the Global North.

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Le monde est confronté à une situation d’urgence en matière de financement de la santé World Health Organization (WHO) « Des pays ont signalé des perturbations des services à des niveaux jamais vus depuis le pic de la pandémie de #Covid19 ». -Kalipso Chalkidou news.un.org/fr/story/2025/…

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“If the general overseas development system freezes or decreases, then taxes become even more important than what they currently are,” forbes.com/sites/christin…

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But so far, its Global Civilization Initiative (GCI), Global Security Initiative (GSI), and Global Development Initiative (GDI) – each of which could herald a more explicit role for China as a global goods provider – are not yet matched by commensurate action.

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The current prejudgement interest rate issued under New York State law is 9 percent, which was set in 1981 during a period of high inflation and never lowered. Correcting this rate to the one-year treasury bill rate will reduce the incentive to draw out lawsuits for profit.

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"Africa's bargaining position should also be grounded in domestic investment. International solidarity, although vital, cannot be the only strategy." thelancet.com/journals/lance…

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Increasing health funding alone will not improve health outcomes if the financing system is poorly designed. Conversely, a well-developed health financing framework won’t succeed without sufficient funding. Both are essential and must work together. globalissues.org/news/2025/06/1…

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"...when public services are cut, when healthcare is underfunded or when food systems collapse, it's women who carry the heaviest burden" globalissues.org/news/2025/06/2…

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"Ensuring access to safe and affordable surgical services for all will require more than sporadic charity or fragmented funding. It demands a bold and sustained commitment from national governments, global donors, and communities themselves." journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

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"Local leaders must guide transition planning and processes, even those initiated and funded by donors, to ensure alignment with local health sector priorities and integration into local health systems" gh.bmj.com/content/10/6/e…

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"First, it is a wake-up call to LMICs, especially in Africa, to rethink investments in their people's health. Relying on external funding for health is precarious." thinkglobalhealth.org/article/financ…

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The Executive Board also approved a new 30-month arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) with Jordan, with access equivalent to SDR 514.65 million (about US$700 million), to support Jordan’s efforts to address longer-term vulnerabilities in the water

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The projected decline is driven by announced cuts from major providers, and it would hit the poorest countries hardest: bilateral ODA to least developed countries and sub-Saharan Africa may fall by 13-25% and 16-28% respectively, and health funding could drop by up to 60% from

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There is still time for the creditor governments to change course by demonstrating their support for African multilateral financial institutions share.google/ffDdEZhbB9eApm…

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Austerity is not an option. Already, countries are barely covering the basic needs of their citizens. english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-0…

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The vision should be one that points to fewer, yet better-resourced funds that deliver grants and affordable loans to the countries that need them most. share.google/QjbMRmBejS1t7Z…

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“WHO is proud to be working with the IMF and the World Bank to unlock financing from the Resilience and Sustainability Trust, and support countries to put it to work for a safer world.” who.int/news/item/04-0…