Chinese Journal of Health Policy 2015;(5):44-47

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2015.05.008

Development assistance for health in BRICS countries

Gui CAO ; Yunping WANG ; Ze FU ; Xiaodan FAN ; Nan JIN ; Wenjie LIANG

Keywords

BRICS countries; Development assistance for health; International aid

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

With the rapid economic growth and social development in the BRICS countries, the role of devel-opment assistance for health is becoming more and more significant. This paper describes the scales, recipient coun-tries, mechanisms and characteristics and management systems of development assistance for health in BRICS coun-tries. The paper suggests that a) it is necessary to set up a centralized international aid management agency;b) the mode of development assistance for health must be optimized;c) the scale of development assistance for health shall be increased ( over time);d) each BRIC country should use its own comparative advantages and development experi-ence to carry out development assistance for health while strengthening the cooperative power among the BRICS coun-tries;e) development assistance for health data should be more transparent and open;f) the evaluation of develop-ment assistance for health must be established and perfected.