Less than $3 per capita government spending on PHC in Nigeria. Will be hard to reduce the world's highest number of under-five and maternal deaths without changing this.

Ever wonder why your insurer charges a copay for statins (and other high-value meds)? Don’t they want to prevent heart attacks, strokes, etc? Copays never made sense to me. In this new paper in @QJEHarvard, we show copays kill. 🧵 tinyurl.com/nhk4v93f

Today I went to three pharmacies and asked for over the counter Amoxycillin antibiotic. All three pharmacists refused because I did not have a prescription. I told them I am a doctor. They still refused, because I did not have a prescription. I was really happy. This is Operation Amrith by Kerala Government and it's already in full force. The Kerala State Health department plans to completely stop over-the-counter sale of antibiotics without prescriptions by the end of 2024. The State Drugs Control department launched Operation Amrith (Antimicrobial Resistance Intervention for Total Health) to check antibiotics abuse in the State. I wish all the very best for this life saving endeavor.

While #MoHFW & MWCD saw an increase in allocations in #InterimBudget2024, #MoE & MoCAF&PD saw a decline in funding. Access more insights for social sector allocations for FY 2024-25 with our data visualisation -

As the Harmattan rolls through West Africa (AQI ~300 today in Accra), some interesting new research on its historical link with child mortality: Dust and Death: Evidence from the West African Harmattan* academic.oup.com/ej/article-…

A critical analysis of newspaper accounts of violence against doctors in India: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

How to make sense of India's health budgets? A week before budget day, do join this event to hear from a great panel and to learn about our Health Budget Primer.

First mass malaria vaccination campaign begins in Africa ft.com/content/b6f03756-86ab… via @ft

Now we have the means to save millions of children's lives with a malaria vaccine we should be rolling it out at record speed. Delay is death.

The average doctor salary by country: 🇨🇭 Switzerland – $388,623 🇺🇸 United States – $316,000 🇨🇦 Canada – $194,777 🇩🇪 Germany – $183,000 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – $138,000 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia – $133,320 🇨🇳 China – $116,377 🇯🇵 Japan – $115,092 🇫🇷 France – $98,000 🇮🇹 Italy – $70,000 🇪🇸 Spain – $57,000 🇵🇱 Poland – $52,548 🇧🇷 Brazil – $47,000 🇷🇺 Russia – $41,383 🇮🇩 Indonesia – $25,685 🇵🇭 Philippines – $23,864 🇺🇦 Ukraine – $16,753 🇲🇽 Mexico – $12,000 🇮🇳 India – $11,581 🇳🇬 Nigeria – $11,573 🇵🇰 Pakistan – $8,708 🇹🇷 Turkey – $8,452 🇧🇩 Bangladesh – $7,054 🇦🇷 Argentina – $5,280

China’s corruption crackdown rips through healthcare sector ft.com/content/149949f0-ef7a…

“Some of the enthusiasm for innovation is basically a proxy. When you don’t actually want to give money, you talk about innovative finance.” devex.com/news/global-fund-c…

As of today, Canada’s population is expected to cross the 40 million mark. Last year alone its population grew over 1 million - almost all of it through immigration. statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/386…

America in an image

Interested in tracking progress towards financial protection in @WHOSEARO ? The deadline to apply is March 14, don’t miss it ! bit.ly/3y0ad65

Hope they tax 1 & 2 but not 3

With the Union budget forecasting a real decline (small nominal increase) in FY23/24 health spending, the onus will be on states to put more money into the system -- amidst a challenging fiscal environment.