The World Bank Group has announced an ambitious plan to support countries in delivering quality, affordable health services to 1.5 billion people by 2030 in what it described as part of a larger global effort to provide a basic standard of care through every stage of a person’s life—infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
For decades, the World Bank Group has helped provide health services for women and children in more than 100 countries. A focused effort to become faster, work better with partners, and bring in the private sector has enabled the 80-year-old institution to pursue greater scale and impact.
The plan by the World Bank Group will combine financing, knowledge, and partnerships to address health challenge globally.
It said the strategy is focused on three core elements that include: Expanding focus from maternal and child health to include coverage throughout a person’s lifetime, including non-communicable diseases; Expanding operations to hard-to-reach areas, including remote villages, cities, and countries; Working with governments to cut unnecessary fees and other financial barriers to health care.
Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group pointed out that to be counted toward this goal, a person must be seen and treated by a health-care worker via an in-person visit or telehealth.
“Providing a basic standard of care for people throughout their lives is critical for development,” said Ajay Banga. “This ambition won’t be realized with a solo effort. It will require partners, a coalition of public and private sector, working together to expand access to health care services.”
Presently, around 2 billion people face severe financial hardship when paying for health services. Intertwined challenges, such as climate change, pandemics, conflicts, societal aging, and a projected shortfall of 10 million health-care workers by 2030, exacerbate the cycle of poverty and inequality.
For countries most in need, the bank says IDA financing will make it possible to bring health-care workers into communities where people may otherwise have no access to services. In middle-income countries, IBRD will deploy financing to incentivize government investments in health and regulations that move a country forward.
Strong partnerships will be critical for the World Bank Group to achieve results in health.
The goal to deliver quality, affordable health services to 1.5 billion people by 2030 is one of the more recent examples of the World Bank Group’s commitment to become more impact-oriented and is the byproduct of a concerted effort to build a better bank.
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