Subject: FW: Launch of the "Public Spending on Health: A closer look at global trends" report. Wednesday, 20 February 2019 (18:00-19:00) in the EB room
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Subject: WHO: Launch of the "Public Spending on Health: A closer look at global trends" report. Wednesday, 20 February 2019 (18:00-19:00) in the EB room

Dear WHO Mission Focal points,

Please be informed that the WHO Department of Health Systems, Governance and Financing is organizing the official launch of its new report,
"Public Spending on Health: A closer look at global trends" on
Wednesday, 20 February 2019 from 18:00 to 19:00 in the EB room.

The launch will begin with a presentation of the report’s main highlights followed by a panel discussion and a short reception.  The event, is co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Office
in Geneva.

WHO released the global health expenditure database (GHED), which covers over 190 countries for the years 2000 to 2016. The database includes health expenditure information by revenue source and financing arrangement
for 17 years and expenditures by programs and major disease categories for a set of more than 30 countries. For the first time, WHO published expenditure data for over 50 countries on primary health care and by health care function.

The new report, based on the recently released GHED data, shows that the composition of global spending on health is changing, with increasing domestic public funding and declining external financing. The report also
presents spending on primary health care, specific diseases and investigates the relationship between health expenditure and service coverage.

Best regards,

WHO Secretariat