Victoria Fan

Senior Economist @WorldBank. Previously @CGDev @Harvard @MIT @UHManoa. Health systems, financing, economics. Views my own. RT not endorsement.

[Victoria Fan @FanVictoria]

Trends in functional limitations among middle-aged and older adults in the Asia-Pacific: survey evidence from 778,507 observations across six countries
https://t.co/3QEooWp5P7 @UniMelb @TheLancet

[World Bank Health @WBG_Health]

Japan, @WHO, & the @WorldBankGroup launched the Universal Health Coverage Knowledge Hub to share evidence-based solutions & peer learning. #HealthWorks @MOF_Japan @MHLWitter

Learn how countries can access practical tools, case studies, and support: https://t.co/s4SAnz563R

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

When Brazil outsourced public hospital management to private contractors, hospitals improved immediately🧵

Let's go over what happened.

Private operators began admitting more patients:

[World Bank Health @WBG_Health]

The 4th Edition of Disease Control Priorities (#DCP4) is out!

Explore how selected low-&middle-income countries use evidence for priority setting & designing #EssentialHealthService packages within the #UHC framework: https://t.co/hbh870BmAJ

@BCEPShealth @HarvardChanSPH

[Dr Alexey Kulikov @KulikovUNIATF]

Between 2000 and 2022, global spending on #health rose substantially, but the unequal.

Global spending on health more than doubled from US$ 4.5 trillion in constant prices in 2000 to US$ 9.8 trillion in 2022.

Over the same period, global GDP increased by 87%, implying that overall health #spending grew faster than global GDP.

Domestic public spending on health more than doubled in real terms, to US$ 6.1 trillion, while private spending increased by 85%, to US$ 3.7 trillion.

https://t.co/4Uv50jVAr3

[Amanda Glassman @glassmanamanda]

How to Heal Health Financing ⁦@FanVictoria⁩ ⁦@IMFNews⁩ w SGupta https://t.co/BRHvVUky2l

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Saddened to hear about the passing of a good friend and a public health champion, Richard Cash.

Richard was one of the masterminds behind the first clinical trials of oral rehydration therapy — a simple innovation that has saved millions of lives in the past several decades.

He was a champion of health equity and a mentor to so many public health leaders over his long career.

My heartfelt condolences to Richard’s family, colleagues and students. He will be greatly missed.

[Victoria Fan @FanVictoria]

Donations to @BRACworld https://t.co/Z7clDnC9Um

[Victoria Fan @FanVictoria]

RIP Richard Cash, a giant in global health and whose work on oral rehydration saved millions of lives. He was a wonderful teacher and mentor @GHP_HarvardChan and beyond. Much love to Richard, Stella, and family and friends

[BRAC @BRACworld]

Dr Richard Cash: “Bangladesh is my second home”

Dr Richard Allan Cash, a distinguished American public health researcher and steadfast friend of Bangladesh, has passed away. Though American by birth, Dr Cash dedicated much of his life to Bangladesh, often saying with deep affection, "Bangladesh is my second home" - a sentiment he demonstrated through decades of unwavering service to the country. He was honoured with the prestigious Friends of Liberation War Honour for his instrumental role in garnering international support, raising funds, and helping secure recognition of Bangladesh's independence.

Dr Cash's connection to Bangladesh extended far beyond the independence movement, becoming the cornerstone of an illustrious career. After completing his medical education in the US in 1967 at the age of 26, he made a pivotal decision. While many of his contemporaries were headed to Vietnam, he chose a different path, leading him to the Cholera Hospital (now icddr,b) in Dhaka.

There, he embarked on his life's mission: combating childhood mortality. At a time when more than one in five Bangladeshi children succumbed to fatal diarrhoea before their fifth birthday, Dr Cash pioneered groundbreaking research. His collaborative work with Dr David Nalin in the 1970s culminated in the development of oral rehydration formula, a breakthrough that would save millions of lives.

This innovation reached its full potential in the 1980s through BRAC's nationwide Oral Therapy Extension Programme (OTEP). The initiative saw 12.5 million mothers trained in oral rehydration preparation over a decade, halving Bangladesh's child mortality rate.

Dr Cash's enduring commitment to BRAC's mission led him to play a pivotal role in establishing BRAC USA in 2006, where he served as a dedicated board member for many years.

His passing represents an immeasurable loss to the world. Dr Cash's legacy in democratising healthcare access will continue to save millions of lives for generations to come.

The BRAC family extends its deepest condolences to his bereaved family and honours his memory with profound gratitude and respect.

[David Evans @DaveEvansPhD]

How can countries reduce premature deaths? https://t.co/XtPWe9VzoY @TheLancet Commission recommends a focus on 15 conditions, including tuberculosis, neonatal conditions, cardiovascular diseases, diarrheal diseases.

[Dr Agnes Soucat @asoucat]

🆕 Our new @TheLancet Commission on Investing in Health report is now published !

✒️ It’s a long report—54 pages, 310 references, 50 authors, 22 advisers, 10 background research papers—but a 2-page policy brief is capturing key messages

https://t.co/tLZGWIb9w4…

[John-Arne Røttingen @jarottingen]

Making Dollars and Sense: Conditioned Domestic Financing in Global Health https://t.co/oPndJMAgvQ

[Center for Global Development @CGDev]

In a NEW 📝paper, @FanVictoria, @susansparkes & MyMai Yungrattanachai aim to understand how conditioned domestic “co-financing” is defined and operationalized by agencies, with a dive into @gavi and @GlobalFund 👇
https://t.co/RHPKLqEB6A

[Victoria Fan @FanVictoria]

Long-awaited @CGDev paper on “cofinancing” or conditioned domestic health financing in global health with @WHO @susansparkes just released—please check it out and let us know what you think!

https://t.co/kwCoZSh40a

[Victoria Fan @FanVictoria]

The economic value of reducing avoidable mortality: 69% of mortality, or 40 million deaths, was avoidable. The economic value of avoidable mortality globally was 23% of annual income… high economic value placed on improving health

https://t.co/jGxhBp1g4A @Nature

[Bia @BeatrizGietner]

I remember @rglenner talking about this on the 80,000 hours podcast, it was quite a moving conversation https://t.co/bUJK07dapk

[World Bank Group Publications @WBGPubs]

NEW! Increasing investments to reduce #undernutrition & #obesity is crucial for our future! These investments hold unparalleled potential to:
- Build Human Capital 👩‍🏫👨‍🔧
- Drive Economic Growth 💰🚀
- Provide Climate Co-Benefits 🌍🌱

📘More info: https://t.co/6lGQGkbfnU

[Victoria Fan @FanVictoria]

“The financing incidence of the Sierra Leone public healthcare system is marginally progressive… (Public) primary healthcare (PHC) benefits are pro-poor, secondary/tertiary benefits are pro-rich.” @jacopogabani @sumitmazumdar et al

https://t.co/vBBnleedgp

[Jacopo Gabani @jacopogabani]

Indeed! and there's other benefits of on-budget financing too: builds capacity of MoH and create incentives to keep the program going more than off-budget, increasing chances of programs being continued by govts