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From: Donor financing of human resources for health, 1990–2016: an examination of trends, sources of funds, and recipients

Fig. 4

Health burden, health worker availability, and development assistance by global burden of disease region, 2014–2016. Notes: 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. Sources: Authors’ analysis of data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation 2017 development assistance for health database. Health burden information was obtained from Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (citation: GBD 2016 DALYs and HALE Collaborators. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet. 14 Sept 2017: 390;1260–344.). Health workers information was obtained from World Health Organization Global Health Observatory data repository (citation: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A1443?lang=en&showonly=HWF)

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