Development assistance for health given to Nepal by China and India: a comparative study

Globalization and Health

Yan Guo³  Peilong Liu²  Shambhu Prasad Acharya¹  Haomin Yang³ 

[1]Department of Country Cooperation and Collaboration with the UN System, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, Geneva 27, 1211, Switzerland

[2]Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, No. 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China

[3]Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking University, No. 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China

关键词: Development Assistance for Health;    Nepal;    India;    China;   

Others  :  1133857
DOI  :  10.1186/s12992-014-0076-6

 received in 2014-07-20, accepted in 2014-10-24,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Development assistance for health (DAH) promotes health development in low and middle income countries. China and India, as emerging donors, have scaled-up their DAH programs during the recent years. Nepal, as a neighboring country to China and India, has witnessed the history and development of China’s and India’s DAH.

Methods

This research uses a literature review and in-depth individual interviewing to compare the history and forms of DAH given from China and India to Nepal.

Results

During 60-years of DAH to Nepal, China and India have gradually increased the scale and forms of DAH, and both focus on dispatching medical teams or faculty, building health facilities and gifting medicines and equipment. However, the inclusiveness of Nepalese culture, diplomatic interests, and Nepal’s cultural, linguistic and geographical closeness to India make the DAH of India different from that of China. India’s DAH also includes support to grass roots NGOs and public health interventions.

Conclusion

China’s and India’s insistence on a recipient-driven mechanism keeps the aid programs aligned with Nepal’s health development plan and respects Nepal’s “ownership”. China can learn from India to start the development assistance for health related NGOs and public health intervention.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Yang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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