Fig. 2

Flow of development assistance for human resources for health from source through disbursing channel to recipient region, 1990–2016. Notes: Values are given in 2017 US dollars. Global Burden of Disease super-regions are seven regions which group sub-regions based on cause of death patterns, as defined by the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. “Other governments” includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Arab Emirates. “Other bilateral aid agencies” includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, and the European Commission. “UN Agencies” includes the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS, United Nations Population Fund, United Nations Children’s Fund, and World Health Organization. Three regional types of CRS project-level data that did not perfectly align with GBD super-regions were allocated as follows: “Africa, regional” was allocated to “Sub-Saharan Africa” GBD super-region; “Asia, regional” was allocated to “Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania” GBD super-region; “South & Central Asia, regional” was allocated to “South Asia” GBD super-region. Health assistance for which we have no source information is designated as “Unallocable sources”. Health assistance for which no recipient country or recipient region information is available is designated as “Unallocable”. Global initiatives are categorized as activities that are not confined to a specific region, and include health system strengthening and human resources for health. Sources: Authors’ analysis of data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation 2017 development assistance for health database