Washington. The World Bank Group on Thursday unveiled a new goal to help countries provide affordable health care to 1.5 billion people by 2030 by expanding services to remote areas, reducing fees and other financial barriers and focusing in lifelong care.
The lender said it would deploy financing, its own health expertise and new partnerships with private sector companies, non-governmental organizations and civil society groups to reach the target, which it defines as a person receiving treatment from a healthcare worker. health through an in-person visit or a telehealth appointment.
The World Bank estimates that around 2 billion people in the world face serious financial difficulties when paying for health services. This factor is being exacerbated by climate change, pandemics, conflict, an aging society and a projected shortfall of 10 million health workers by 2030, he said.
“Providing a basic level of care to people throughout their lives is critical to development,” World Bank President Ajay Banga said in a statement.
“This ambition will not be realized through individual effort. “It will require partners, a coalition of the public and private sectors, working together to expand access to health services.”
The World Bank said funding from its International Development Association fund for the poorest countries will aim to bring health workers to communities where people would not otherwise have access to services.
In middle-income countries, the World Bank said its International Bank for Reconstruction and Development will deploy financing to incentivize government investments in health and regulations that provide market certainty and can attract private sector investment, including in pharmaceuticals and medical equipment. .
The World Bank added that Japan will launch a recognition center on its universal health system aimed at improving the capacity and expertise of other health ministries, an initiative supported by the lender and the World Health Organization.
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