By Daniela Cepeda Cuadrado 2020 marks the first anniversary of Transparency International Health Initiative’s ground-breaking report revealing how corruption in healthcare service delivery threatens Universal Health Coverage (UHC) – that is the worldwide commitment to provide access to essential quality health services for all. This year, we are also entering a 10-year count-down to meet...
By Natalie Rhodes During disease outbreaks, such as those of Ebola and COVID-19 we see health systems struggle as they handle the increased pressure on resources. In recent days many have flagged how this brings to light weak points within a health system, such as workforce shortages and poor access to medicines. As I’ll outline...
By Natalie Rhodes “Corruption in global health is an open secret. Everybody knows about it, but no-one wants to talk about it”. These are the words of Professor Patricia J. García, the ex-Peruvian Minister of Health who gave the Lancet’s 2019 Academy of Medical Sciences & The Lancet International Health Lecture[i]. When you look at...
By Josselin Canevet On the 6th of August, health officials from the Ugandan government were denied access to the construction site of the International Specialised Hospital of Uganda, based in Lubowa. The purpose of the visit was to satisfy the Ugandan parliament’s oversight function and ensure public money is being spent as it should. The...
By Tom Wright & Josselin Canevet Earlier this month, Transparency International released the Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) — Africa report, which surveyed more than 47,000 citizens from 35 countries in Africa about their views on and experiences of corruption, including in the health care system. The research revealed that 14 per cent of citizens...
By Josselin Canevet With the conclusion of 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA), governments reiterated their support for transparency in medicines research and development (R&D). Indirectly, at centre stage of the assembly, was clinical trials where governments debated the “transparency clause”. This would mean that companies would have to disclose the actual costs of researching and...
Tom Wright Recently my brilliant colleague Sarah Steingrüber wrote a blog which provided Transparency International Health Initiative answer to the question “How can we solve the health financing problem?” If you follow TI, you probably already know our answer. Just because we may ramble on about it doesn’t make it less true. By any reputable...
