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Aid to Health

 

The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) collects aid flows at the activity level based on a standard methodology and agreed definitions. Aid to health is covered by two main sectors:

  • Aid to health - general and basic health
  • Population policies/programmes and reproductive health - includes HIV/AIDS

For more information on the OECD's work on health, please visit www.oecd.org/health.

See the data

Health

HIV / AIDS 

          

General database access: International Development Statistics Online

Read reports

Health

 

Aid to fight epidemics and pandemics (pdf, 2020) Financing transition in the health sector - What can Development Assistance Committee members do? (2021)

Related reporting codes and descriptions

CODES DESCRIPTION Clarifications / Additional notes on coverage
DAC 5 / CRS

120

Health

 

121

Health, general

12110

Health policy and administrative management

Health sector policy, planning and programmes; aid to health ministries, public health administration; institution capacity building and advice; medical insurance programmes; unspecified health activities.

12181

Medical education/training

Medical education and training for tertiary level services.

12182

Medical research

General medical research (excluding basic health research).

12191

Medical services

Laboratories, specialised clinics and hospitals (including equipment and supplies); ambulances; dental services; mental health care; medical rehabilitation; control of non-infectious diseases; drug and substance abuse control [excluding narcotics traffic control (16063)].

122

Basic health

12220

Basic health care

Basic and primary health care programmes; paramedical and nursing care programmes; supply of drugs, medicines and vaccines related to basic health care.

12230

Basic health infrastructure

District-level hospitals, clinics and dispensaries and related medical equipment; excluding specialised hospitals and clinics (12191).

12240

Basic nutrition

Direct feeding programmes (maternal feeding, breastfeeding and weaning foods, child feeding, school feeding); determination of micro-nutrient deficiencies; provision of vitamin A, iodine, iron etc.; monitoring of nutritional status; nutrition and food hygiene education; household food security.

12250

Infectious disease control

Immunisation; prevention and control of infectious and parasite diseases, except malaria (12262), tuberculosis (12263), HIV/AIDS and other STDs (13040). It includes diarrheal diseases, vector-borne diseases (e.g. river blindness and guinea worm), viral diseases, mycosis, helminthiasis, zoonosis, diseases by other bacteria and viruses, pediculosis, etc.

12261

Health education

Information, education and training of the population for improving health knowledge and practices; public health and awareness campaigns.

12262

Malaria control

Prevention and control of malaria.

12263

Tuberculosis control

Immunisation, prevention and control of tuberculosis.

12281

Health personnel development

Training of health staff for basic health care services.

130

POPULATION POLICIES/PROGRAMMES AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

13010

Population policy and administrative management

Population/development policies; census work, vital registration; migration data; demographic research/analysis; reproductive health research; unspecified population activities.

13020

Population policy and administrative management

Promotion of reproductive health; prenatal and postnatal care including delivery; prevention and treatment of infertility; prevention and management of consequences of abortion; safe motherhood activities.

13030

Family planning

Family planning services including counselling; information, education and communication (IEC) activities; delivery of contraceptives; capacity building and training.

13040

STD control including HIV/AIDS

All activities related to sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS control e.g. information, education and communication; testing; prevention; treatment, care.

13081

Personnel development for population and reproductive health

Education and training of health staff for population and reproductive health care services.