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Author Capobianco, Emanuele

Title A decade of aid to the health sector in Somalia, 2000-2009 / Emanuele Capobianco ; Veni Naidu
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 45 pages) : illustrations
Series World Bank working paper, 1726-5878 ; no. 215
Africa human development series
World Bank working paper ; no. 215.
Africa Region human development series.
Contents Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; 1. Background, Aim, and Objectives; Tables; Figures; 2. Conceptual Framework; 3. Methodology; 4. Key Findings; 5. Conclusions and Recommendations; Appendixes; References
Summary This study reviews trends in aid provided to the health sector in Somalia over 2000?2009. It is a testimony to the commitment of donors and implementers who have relentlessly tried to improve the dire health situation of millions of Somalis. At the same time, this study is a wake-up call for all donors and implementers. Have donors been generous enough? Have millions of dollars been invested in the most efficient way to maximize results? Did donors choose the right priorities? Did they stay the course? Did they learn from their own mistakes? The answers are mixed. Donors stepped up their contributions over the decade: some new financiers came, some others left, but overall, financial support has been constantly increasing. Emergencies took up 30 percent of the overall funding, thus demonstrating the impact on the health sector of man-made and natural disasters. Only 20 percent was allocated for horizontal programs, with increasing funds over the last part of the decade. Vertical programs dominated aid financing for health: in the case of AIDS, TB, and malaria, the generous funding of the last years of the decade do not appear justifiable. Malnutrition, EPI, and reproductive health programs never got the attention they deserved. The key conclusion of this study is that donors? funding for public health in Somalia over the past decade could have been used more strategically. Better coordination among donors, local authorities, and implementers is now needed to avoid the mistakes of the past and to ensure that priority setting for future interventions is more evidence based and more results oriented
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-45)
Notes English
Subject Medical care -- Somalia
Medical economics -- Somalia
Medical economics.
Medical policy.
International cooperation.
Delivery of Health Care -- economics
Economics, Medical
Health Care Sector
Health Policy
International Cooperation
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
Medical policy
International cooperation
Medical care
Medical economics
SUBJECT Somalia https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012998
Subject Somalia
Form Electronic book
Author Naidu, Veni
World Bank.
LC no. 2011012875
ISBN 9780821387696
0821387693
9780821387702
0821387707
1283126222
9781283126229
9786613126221
6613126225