Development Assistance for Health Study: Underlying Data

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This document functions as a short description of the development assistance for health (DAH) databases created in 2009 by the financial flows work group at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).

For a detailed description of sources and analyses used in the creation of the two databases, please refer to the methods annex of Financing Global Health 2009: Tracking Development Assistance for Health.

Below, is a description of the data included in the downloadable zip file located at the top of this page:

  1. Integrated income and disbursement/expenditure database (1990-2007)
    Building blocks: project databases, financial statements, and annual reports

    Enables:
    • Estimation of DAH envelope (disbursements and expenditures)
    • Trends in DAH (disbursements and expenditures) by global health institutions
    • Trends in DAH (disbursements and expenditures) by source of income
      • Graphing and additional use information available from Code for Utilizing Income & Disbursement Expenditure Database.txt in zip file.

  2. Integrated project-level database (1990-2007)
    Building blocks: project databases, IRS 990s

    Enables analysis of trends in disbursements on grants and loans from key agencies by:
    • Funding agency
    • Country/geographic region
    • Disease component

  3. UN agencies annual reports and audited financial statements (1990-2007)

  4. US NGO database, including data from USAID VolAg report (1990-2007)

Full Citation: Ravishankar N, Gubbins P, Cooley RJ, Leach-Kemon K, Michaud CM, Jamison DT, Murray CJL. Financing of global health: tracking development assistance for health from 1990 to 2007. Lancet. 2009 Jun 20; 373:2113–24.