Knowledge Building

Innovative Financing for Global Health R&D

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R4D is identifying innovative approaches to financing global health R&D that reduce barriers and risk in the development of new health technologies. New and improved products are needed to reduce the burden of disease, but creating these products requires difficult long-term scientific efforts, with uncertain return on investment.

New and improved vaccines and drugs are urgently needed to reduce the burden of suffering and loss from diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in developing countries. But creating these new health products requires extremely difficult long-term scientific efforts, and the markets for these kinds of life-saving vaccines and drugs are both uncertain and may not be very lucrative. Because of these barriers and risks, many scientific organizations and biopharmaceutical companies shy away from investing in these areas.

Main Contact: 
Robert Hecht
Duration: 
April, 2008 - December, 2012
Funder: 
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Aarthi Rao
Amrita Palriwala
Robert Hecht
Kimberly Manno Reott

Critical Choices In Financing: The Response To The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic

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This paper examines potential long-term costs and financing options for the global AIDS response under four different scenarios and provides policy recommendations based on projected epidemiological and financial impacts.

This paper was published as part of the November/December 2009 edition of Health Affairs, a special issue focusing on the global response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The paper presents the findings of the aids2031 Costs and Financing Working Group, and addresses the following key questions: 

Publication & Resource Type: 
Journal Articles
Year Published: 
2009
Main Contact: 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
Farzana Muhib
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
Author(s): 
Robert Hecht, Lori Bollinger, John Stover, William McGreevey, Farzana Muhib, Callisto Emas Madavo and David de Ferranti
Connected Project: 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Link to Publication-Resource: 
Critical Choices In Financing

Estimating Long-Term Global Resource Needs for AIDS through 2031

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This paper incorporates results from several of the aids2031 working groups to examine the costs and financial implications of changing the current approach to fighting HIV/AIDS.  It examines four different scenarios: Current Trends, Rapid Scale-up, Hard Choices for Prevention and Structural Change.

By 2031, the HIV/AIDS epidemic will enter its 50th year. In 1981, no one expected that the epidemic would become the challenge that the world faces today, particularly sub-Saharan Africa. Efforts to address the epidemic have increased dramatically over the last decade, but the epidemic remains. Without a change in approach, it is likely that the epidemic will still be with us in 2031.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2009
Main Contact: 
Farzana Muhib
Author(s): 
John Stover & Lori Bollinger
Funder(s): 
UNAIDS
Connected Project: 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Attached Publications & Resources: 
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Estimating Long-Term Global Resource Needs for AIDS through 2031.pdf

What Works to Prevent and Treat AIDS

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This paper presents recent findings regarding costs and cost-effectiveness of AIDS prevention, treatment and care interventions, which can be used to inform a long-term strategic response to the epidemic.

This paper presents recent findings regarding costs and cost-effectiveness of AIDS prevention, treatment and care interventions, which can be used to inform a long-term strategic response to the epidemic.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2009
Main Contact: 
Farzana Muhib
Author(s): 
Lisa de Maria, Sergio Bautista-Arredondo, Omar Galarraga
Funder(s): 
UNAIDS
Connected Project: 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Attached Publications & Resources: 
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What Works to Prevent and Treat AIDS.pdf

Country Assessment of the Private Health Sector in Ghana

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The Ministry of Health, with support from the joint IFC/World Bank Health in Africa Initiative, launched the Country Assessment on July 20th, 2009. At present the R4D study team is conducting a large-scale review of the Ghanaian private health sector, with the ultimate goal of offering concrete, actionable recommendations on effectively harnessing the potential of private providers of health services.

In Ghana today, about half of both rural and urban residents obtain health services from the private sector. Though only limited evidence is available on the quality of private care, an effectively regulated private health sector can potentially play an important role in the provision of health services.

Main Contact: 
Kira Thorien
Website: 
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=167506
Website: 
http://www.ghananewsagency.org/s_health/r_10463/
Funder: 
The World Bank
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Kira Thorien
Marty Makinen
Stephanie Sealy

Human Resources for Health: Costing Liberia’s Pre-Service HRH Scale-Up Plans

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This report estimates Liberia’s resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

This report estimates Liberia’s resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2008
Main Contact: 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Marty Makinen
Funder(s): 
Global Health Workforce Alliance
Connected Project: 
Global Health Workforce Alliance
Version: 
1

Human Resources for Health: Costing the Philippine Pre-Service HRH Scale-Up Plans

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This report estimates the Philippine resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

This report estimates the Philippine resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2008
Main Contact: 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Alison Ion
R4D Author(s): 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Marty Makinen
Funder(s): 
Global Health Workforce Alliance
Connected Project: 
Global Health Workforce Alliance
Version: 
1
Link to Publication-Resource: 
Available by request

Human Resources for Health: Costing Uganda’s Pre-Service HRH Scale-Up Plans

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This report estimates Uganda’s resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

This report estimates Uganda’s resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2008
Main Contact: 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Marty Makinen
Funder(s): 
United States Agency for International Development
Connected Project: 
Global Health Workforce Alliance
Version: 
1
Link to Publication-Resource: 
Available by request

Human Resources for Health: Costing Mozambique’s Pre-Service HRH Scale-Up Plans

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This report estimates Mozambique’s resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

This report estimates Mozambique’s resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2008
Main Contact: 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Marty Makinen
Author(s): 
Anisa Khadem Nwachuku, PhD Candidate, Columbia University
Funder(s): 
Department for International Development (UK)
Connected Project: 
Global Health Workforce Alliance
Version: 
1
Link to Publication-Resource: 
Available by request

Human Resources for Health: Costing Ethiopia’s Pre-Service HRH Scale-Up Plans

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This report estimates Ethiopia’s resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

This report estimates Ethiopia’s resource requirements for scaling up the country’s workforce plans.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Working Papers
Year Published: 
2008
Main Contact: 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Dessi Dimitrova
R4D Author(s): 
Marty Makinen
Author(s): 
Ellen Smith, Consultant, the World Bank
Funder(s): 
Global Health Workforce Alliance
Connected Project: 
Global Health Workforce Alliance
Version: 
1
Link to Publication-Resource: 
Available by request
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