➡️ 633.5 million vaccine doses financed ➡️ 501 million delivered ➡️ 450 million already in arms around the world! More about World Bank Group's COVID-19 health response our #YearInReview: wrld.bg/N0L150MiKRw

Dr. Shyama Kuruvilla, Senior Strategic Advisor, World Health Organization (WHO), and Dr. Toomas Palu Toomas Palu World Bank Health, outline how #UHC is based on redistribution and equitable #healthfinancing. #UHC2030 #PMAC #PMAC2023

Building resilience against pandemics just got a boost! The #PandemicFund invites innovative proposals for strengthening surveillance, labs & public health workforce capacity. #InvestInHealth #PandemicPreparedness World Bank World Health Organization (WHO) Learn more: wrld.bg/80e750MJkBl

The #PandemicFund prioritizes strengthening comprehensive disease surveillance, laboratory systems, and public health workforce capacity. #InvestInHealth #PandemicPreparedness World Bank World Health Organization (WHO) Learn more: wrld.bg/MQ0Z50MJ72l

We should not make preparedness a siloed vertical program, indeed. It should be very much integrated into everyday operations of human and animal health systems, disaster risk management, social protection and other relevant sectors and systems. cgdev.org/blog/world-ban…

The #PandemicFund approved $300 million for its first round of funding to help eligible countries prepare for future pandemics! Call for Proposals now open! #InvestInHealth #PandemicPreparedness World Bank World Health Organization (WHO) Learn more: wrld.bg/8hcn50N7gYP

Together, we can better ensure that everyone has access to quality health services, regardless of their income or social status. #InvestInHealth This #WorldHealthDay see how the World Bank is helping countries achieve #UHC2030 & improve #HealthForAll. wrld.bg/sRVf50NCIqp

Regularly consuming sugar-sweetened beverages has been linked to obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and tooth decay. But taxes on these drinks can discourage their consumption by raising their prices relative to healthier alternatives. Learn more: wrld.bg/CaNz50NuYqu

This chart is symptomatic of a fundamental problem in health financing. As long as we’re so focused on disease specific financing, we undermine countries’ ability to prepare for the challenges of today. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) #climate #preparedness #PHC

Making progress towards #UHC requires partnerships pushing towards the same goal. This is how UHC2030 Private Sector Constituency members pitch in. uhc2030.org/fileadmin/uplo…

An interesting pattern: ODA on health is outspending education 👇 But a fragmented and vertical aid architecture makes system reform difficult. What's more, governments deprioritize as DAH is highly fungible (Lu et al, 2010) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20381856/ From Sarah Alkenbrack

Climate change and health being discussed at #WHA76. World Bank Health director Juan Pablo Uribe says that World Bank will be significantly stepping up financing to mitigate and adapt to the impacts, including in health. Thanks hi to Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office for hosting the event.

After an initial strong response to the pandemic, health spending is for many governments no longer a priority – putting at risk global health security and progress toward the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). blogs.worldbank.org/health/health-… via World Bank

.The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, co-convened by World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank, is pleased to announce the appointment of former Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović as new co-Chair to serve alongside Joy Phumaphi. Read more: bit.ly/KGK2023

Aging digitally. nature.com/articles/s4159…

“The GPMB has become an important independent voice for better pandemic prevention and preparedness.” - Juan Pablo Uribe, World Bank Global Director for Health #InvestInHealth 2023 The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board Annual Report: wrld.bg/jLl150Q28Rf

Good overview what a tech giant is doing in health care. medicalfuturist.com/googles-master…

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My country #Estonia tops EU countries in discarded #COVID19 vaccines per capita. Sad stats as we still remember the times when rich countries cornered the market and bought up vaccine supply leaving poorer countries empty handed. politico.eu/article/europe…

Sobering baseline for 2024 and beyond from World Bank worldbank.org/en/news/featur…