Health Financing in Brazil, Russia and India: What Role Does the International Community Play?

Health Financing in Brazil, Russia and India: What Role Does the International Community Play?

Devi Sridhar^1,* and Eduardo J. Gómez²¹All Souls College, Oxford, UK and ²Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
*Corresponding author. All Souls College, High St, Oxford OX1 4AL, UK. Tel: +44 1865 281407. Email: devi.sridhar@politics.ox.ac.uk


n this paper we examine whether Brazil, Russia and India have similar financing patterns to those observed globally. We assess how national health allocations compare with epidemiological estimates for burden of disease. We identify the major causes of burden of disease in each country, as well as the contribution HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria make to the total burden of disease estimates. We then use budgetary allocation information to assess the alignment of funding with burden of disease data. We focus on central government allocations through the Ministry of Health or its equivalent. /.../