title: A Chronology of Global Assistance Funding for NCD.
abstract: Funding from the global community for noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention and control in developing countries is miniscule-dwarfed by donor support for communicable diseases, maternal and child health, and other traditional health concerns in low-income countries. Yet, NCD now constitute the bulk of illness and deaths in low-income countries with, to date, only a small uptick in donor funding evident as a response. This paper describes recent magnitude and trends in the development of assistance for NCD; identifies the main sources among the 3 groupings of multilateral, bilateral, and private philanthropic funders; and discusses issues in tracking NCD donor funding, and challenges to mobilizing donor funding for NCD. Finally, it concludes with a more (slightly) optimistic outlook.
authors.affiliation: Global Non-communicable Diseases, RTI International, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: rnugent@rti.org.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nugent
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000639:trends*; D014943:Global Health; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D061889:Healthcare Financing; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D000073296:Noncommunicable Diseases / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011203:Poverty