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Chapter 15 - Development Assistance for Health

Trends and Challenges

from Section 3 - Analyzing Some Reasons for Poor Health and Responsibilities to Address Them

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2021

By
Anthony B. Zwi
Edited by
Solomon Benatar  and
Gillian Brock
Solomon Benatar
Affiliation:
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Cape Town
Gillian Brock
Affiliation:
Professor of Philosophy, University of Auckland
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Summary

The patterns in health-related development assistance have changed markedly in recent years. This chapter seeks to provide an overview of both the value and the underpinning values that shape development assistance for health (DAH). The chapter is structured around four key elements: (1) motivations and influences on development assistance, (2) trends in development assistance for health, (3) debates and critiques of aid structures and approaches, and (4) ongoing challenges around more meaningful and equitable development assistance for health.

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Global Health
Ethical Challenges
 , pp. 207 - 220
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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