“The SDG Health Price Tag, published July 17, 2017 in The Lancet Global Health, estimates the costs and benefits of progressively expanding health services in order to reach 16 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) health targets in 67 low- and middle-income countries that account for 75% of the world’s population. [2]
The analysis shows that investments to expand services towards WHO’s priority goal of universal health coverage and the other SDG health targets could prevent 97 million premature deaths globally between now [2017] and 2030, and add as much as 8.4 years of life expectancy in some countries…. the poorest nations will need assistance to reach the targets.”
Under the “ambitious” scenario, achieving the SDG health targets would require new investments increasing over time from an initial US$ 134 billion annually to $371 billion, or $58 per person, by 2030. …As many as 32 of the world’s poorest countries will face an annual gap of up to US$ 54 billion and will continue to need external assistance.
The ambitious scenario includes adding more than 23 million health workers, and building more than 415 000 new health facilities, 91% of which would be primary health care centres.
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