How can middle-income countries successfully transition away from international health aid?

2025/11/06 by Osondu Ogbuoji, Ipchita Bharali, Justice Nonvignon +1 · 1 voice
Medicine · Social Sciences · #Global Health and Surgery #Global Maternal and Child Health #International Development and Aid

paper · pdf · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004794

openalex created_date 2025/11/06 · openalex publication_date 2025/11/06 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Recent research has examined factors contributing to the successful transition of middle-income countries away from international health aid. Three factors are especially important: effective leadership, using domestic resources to close the financing gap created by loss of aid, and realigning country systems to new sources of domestic funding.

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