{"id":9334,"date":"2012-03-26T15:31:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T13:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/rising-economies-boost-foreign-aid-spending-on-health\/"},"modified":"2012-03-26T15:31:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T13:31:43","slug":"rising-economies-boost-foreign-aid-spending-on-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rising-economies-boost-foreign-aid-spending-on-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising economies boost foreign aid spending on health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">NEW DELHI, March 26<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Spending on foreign aid by<br \/>\nthe world&#8217;s main emerging economies is growing rapidly at a time<br \/>\nwhen traditional donors in the West are struggling to keep up<br \/>\nfunding for global health and development programmes, a health<br \/>\ncharity said on Monday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of the so-called BRICS countries, which include Brazil,<br \/>\nRussia, India, China and South Africa, have traditionally<br \/>\nreceived aid, but fast economic growth over the past decade is<br \/>\nturning them into new donors to the world&#8217;s poor.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>China and Brazil are leading the pack, increasing aid<br \/>\nspending by more than 20 percent from 2005 to 2010, the GIS<br \/>\nInitiatives global health charity said in a report.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>India, Russia and South Africa&#8217;s aid budget increased by 11,<br \/>\n36 and 8 percent respectively over the same period.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The BRICS are contributing significant new resources to<br \/>\nglobal health and development efforts,&#8221; said David Gold,<br \/>\nco-founder of GHS Initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just as importantly, they are establishing new models for<br \/>\ncooperation that challenge the way we think about foreign<br \/>\nassistance,&#8221; Gold said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For example, Brazil&#8217;s 1996 commitment to provide universal<br \/>\naccess to effective HIV treatment influenced global policies on<br \/>\naccess to medicine. China has been a leader on malaria treatment<br \/>\nin Africa, while South Africa is pioneering the introduction of<br \/>\nmolecular diagnostics for tuberculosis.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But experts say that while the BRICS are spending more on<br \/>\nforeign aid than ever before, it still amounts to a drop in the<br \/>\nocean compared with what Western donors are giving.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 2010, the five BRICS countries disbursed a total of $6.4<br \/>\nbillion in foreign aid, the group said. By comparison, the<br \/>\nUnited States spent $31 billion on aid in the same year.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, March 26 (Reuters) &#8211; Spending on foreign aid by the world&#8217;s main emerging economies is growing rapidly at a time when traditional donors in the West are struggling to keep up funding for global health and development programmes, a health charity said on Monday. 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