Growing debt burden in low- and middle-income countries during COVID-19 may constrain health financing
Debt burdens are growing steadily in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), compounded by the COVID-19 economic recession, threatening to crowd out essential health spending. In 2019, 54 LMICs spent more on servicing their debt to foreign creditors than on financing their health services. While d...
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Main Authors: | Frederik Federspiel (Author), Josephine Borghi (Author), Melisa Martinez-Alvarez (Author) |
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2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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