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Indicator

Total net official development assistance to medical research and basic health sectors
Organisation

USAID
Unit of measure

U.S. Dollars, millions (current price base)
Data sources

OECD/DAC Creditor Reporting System
Data providers

Elise Egan, Carlyn Mann
Method of computation

Data are extracted from the OECD’s Creditor Reporting System (CRS) for selected purpose codes that have have been agreed support basic health. This includes: - all basic health sector purpose codes - medical research Note: data before 2002 are on commitments basis due to the lack of quality in disbursement data in this period. Data 2002-2009 are on gross disbursements basis, and data from 2010 onwards are on net disbursements basis.
Actual indicator available - description

Total net official development assistance to medical research and basic health sectors
Periodicity

Annual
Scheduled update by national source

September 2024
Date metadata updated

08-26-2024
Disaggregation geography

Total presented for all ODA-eligible countries http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/daclist.htm
Disaggregation categories

n/a
Time period

2000-2022

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator

Indicator 3.b.2: Total net official development assistance to medical research and basic health sectors
Target

Target 3.b: Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and non‑communicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all
Organisation

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Definition and concepts

Definition:

Gross disbursements of total ODA from all donors to medical research and basic health sectors.

Concepts:

ODA: The DAC defines ODA as “those flows to countries and territories on the DAC List of ODA Recipients and to multilateral institutions which are

  1. provided by official agencies, including state and local governments, or by their executive agencies; and
  2. each transaction is administered with the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries as its main objective; and

is concessional in character and conveys a grant element of at least 25 per cent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 per cent). (See http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/officialdevelopmentassistancedefinitionandcoverage.htm)

Medical research and basic health sectors are as defined by the DAC. Medical research refers to CRS sector code 12182 and basic health covers all codes in the 122 series (see here: http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/purposecodessectorclassification.htm)

Data sources

The OECD/DAC has been collecting data on official and private resource flows from 1960 at an aggregate level and 1973 at an activity level through the Creditor Reporting System (CRS data are considered complete from 1995 for commitments at an activity level and 2002 for disbursements).

The data are reported by donors according to the same standards and methodologies (see here: http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/methodology.htm).

Data are reported on an annual calendar year basis by statistical reporters in national administrations (aid agencies, Ministries of Foreign Affairs or Finance, etc.

Data providers

Data are reported on an annual calendar year basis by statistical reporters in national administrations (aid agencies, Ministries of Foreign Affairs or Finance, etc.

Comment and limitations

Data in the Creditor Reporting System are available from 1973. However, the data coverage is considered complete from 1995 for commitments at an activity level and 2002 for disbursements.

Method of computation

The sum of ODA flows from all donors to developing countries for medical research and basic health.
Metadata update

2017-07-09
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Related indicators

Other ODA indicators

UN designated tier

1
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