Owen Smith

Lead Economist, World Bank. Health, financing, development and the like; Views my own
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[Owen Smith @oksmith22]

Less than $3 per capita government spending on PHC in Nigeria. Will be hard to reduce the world's highest number of under-five and maternal deaths without changing this.

[Kalipso Chalkidou @kchalkidou]

“The limited public funds allocated to health in Nigeria are predominantly directed towards secondary and tertiary care facilities, with a significant portion of the budget being spent on curative services within these higher-level hospitals. This allocation strategy overlooks the crucial areas of prevention, public health, and primary health care, which are both cost-effective and have a high impact on overall health outcomes,” https://t.co/eKQFKS5wRT

[Owen Smith @oksmith22]

@avani_kapur @Res_Gov Many congrats,Avani!

[Ziad Obermeyer @oziadias]

Ever wonder why your insurer charges a copay for statins (and other high-value meds)?

Don’t they want to prevent heart attacks, strokes, etc?

Copays never made sense to me.

In this new paper in @QJEHarvard, we show copays kill. 🧵

https://t.co/3PHeckLiZM

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Today I went to three pharmacies and asked for over the counter Amoxycillin antibiotic. All three pharmacists refused because I did not have a prescription. I told them I am a doctor. They still refused, because I did not have a prescription.

I was really happy.

This is Operation Amrith by Kerala Government and it's already in full force.

The Kerala State Health department plans to completely stop over-the-counter sale of antibiotics without prescriptions by the end of 2024. The State Drugs Control department launched Operation Amrith (Antimicrobial Resistance Intervention for Total Health) to check antibiotics abuse in the State.

I wish all the very best for this life saving endeavor.

[Accountability Initiative @AccInitiative]

While #MoHFW & MWCD saw an increase in allocations in #InterimBudget2024, #MoE & MoCAF&PD saw a decline in funding.

Access more insights for social sector allocations for FY 2024-25 with our data visualisation -

[Owen Smith @oksmith22]

@eeshani_kandpal Absolutely. But somehow less irksome when it's more natural than manmade.

[Owen Smith @oksmith22]

As the Harmattan rolls through West Africa (AQI ~300 today in Accra), some interesting new research on its historical link with child mortality:

Dust and Death: Evidence from the West African Harmattan* https://t.co/NyQJnRNcJl

[Owen Smith @oksmith22]

A critical analysis of newspaper accounts of violence against doctors in India: https://t.co/1p8TqZZvmt

[Owen Smith @oksmith22]

How to make sense of India's health budgets? A week before budget day, do join this event to hear from a great panel and to learn about our Health Budget Primer.

[Centre for Policy Research @CPR_India]

Join us for a special event in partnership with @WorldBank on 'Data Dialogues: Demystifying Health Budgets for Policy Insight', featuring @sujakrao, Prof Indrani Gupta, @Rukmini & @avani_kapur

Details Below

Attend In-person: https://t.co/6uxSw71uuB
Zoom: https://t.co/o4ZftPpEaW

[Owen Smith @oksmith22]

First mass malaria vaccination campaign begins in Africa https://t.co/ncDN7kUxs6 via @ft

[Rachel Glennerster @rglenner]

Now we have the means to save millions of children's lives with a malaria vaccine we should be rolling it out at record speed. Delay is death.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

The average doctor salary by country:

🇨🇭 Switzerland – $388,623
🇺🇸 United States – $316,000
🇨🇦 Canada – $194,777
🇩🇪 Germany – $183,000
🇬🇧 United Kingdom – $138,000
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia – $133,320
🇨🇳 China – $116,377
🇯🇵 Japan – $115,092
🇫🇷 France – $98,000
🇮🇹 Italy – $70,000
🇪🇸 Spain – $57,000
🇵🇱 Poland – $52,548
🇧🇷 Brazil – $47,000
🇷🇺 Russia – $41,383
🇮🇩 Indonesia – $25,685
🇵🇭 Philippines – $23,864
🇺🇦 Ukraine – $16,753
🇲🇽 Mexico – $12,000
🇮🇳 India – $11,581
🇳🇬 Nigeria – $11,573
🇵🇰 Pakistan – $8,708
🇹🇷 Turkey – $8,452
🇧🇩 Bangladesh – $7,054
🇦🇷 Argentina – $5,280

[Owen Smith @oksmith22]

China’s corruption crackdown rips through healthcare sector https://t.co/pZwzR3R8Uq

[Owen Smith @oksmith22]

@cblatts Very sorry to hear this, Chris. I remember how warm both your parents were when we met. Take care.

[Edwine Barasa @EdwineBarasa]

“Some of the enthusiasm for innovation is basically a proxy. When you don’t actually want to give money, you talk about innovative finance.” https://t.co/NrSaX3ClfR

[Dr. Karen Grépin @KarenGrepin]

As of today, Canada’s population is expected to cross the 40 million mark. Last year alone its population grew over 1 million - almost all of it through immigration. https://t.co/9gChw80mXt

[Owen Smith @oksmith22]

@SojiAdeyi A gem of a quote. It was in my econometrics textbook 20+ yrs ago and it has stayed with me ever since.

[Owen Smith @oksmith22]

@adanna_dr Such a loss for the WB! All the best.

[Emma Court @emmarcourt]

America in an image

[Owen Smith @oksmith22]

https://t.co/5BUeoot263