This Human Rights Watch (HRW) report analyzes the most recent WHO Global Health Expenditure Database, which shows that public funding for healthcare faltered as the Covid-19 pandemic waned and global inflation surged, revealing that many governments’ public funding of healthcare falls short of what is needed to meet their human rights obligations. As global health systems worldwide recoil from the United States’ sudden termination of much foreign aid and assistance, richer governments should consider debt restructuring or relief that, along with appropriate tax reforms, can help improve resourcing of public health care.
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