Annual development assistance for health has fallen to its lowest level.
90% confidence
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The OECD figure refers specifically to DAC donors' net bilateral ODA for 'health and population services', not to all global health financing (which also includes private, philanthropic and multilateral channels such as Gavi, the Global Fund and the Gates Foundation).
The 2026 figure is a projection, not final outturn data; final and detailed figures for official and private flows are not available until December 2026.
The decline in health aid is part of a broader 23.1-23.3% fall in total ODA in 2025, driven largely by the United States (about 70-75% of the decline), so the health-specific fall is a component of a wider donor retrenchment rather than an isolated trend.
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PrimaryOECD — The latest 2026 ODA projections reveal aid for health is further at risk (Data explainer)"The health sector is seeing the deepest cuts, falling to its lowest levels in almost two decades." and "Bilateral ODA for health is projected to decline again, falling to its lowest levels in almost two decades". Also: DAC countries' net bilateral ODA for health and population services in 2024 was the third-largest sector by volume (USD 17.6 billion).
PrimaryOECD — ODA projections for 2026 and the near-term (Full Report)"Ranked by the rate of decline, health leads (29-46% decline from 2024), followed by general budget support (43.0% decline...) and humanitarian assistance (40.3%...)". Also: "net ODA fell by 23.3%, the largest annual contraction on record and a second consecutive year of decline".