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How can middle-income countries successfully transition away from international health aid?

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Ogbuoji, O; Bharali, I; Nonvignon, J; Yamey, G
Published in: PLoS medicine
November 2025

Recent research has examined factors contributing to the successful transition of middle-income countries away from international health aid. Three factors are especially important: effective leadership, using domestic resources to close the financing gap created by loss of aid, and realigning country systems to new sources of domestic funding.

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PLoS medicine

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1549-1676

ISSN

1549-1277

Publication Date

November 2025

Volume

22

Issue

11

Start / End Page

e1004794

Related Subject Headings

  • Leadership
  • International Cooperation
  • Humans
  • Global Health
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Developing Countries
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Ogbuoji, O., Bharali, I., Nonvignon, J., & Yamey, G. (2025). How can middle-income countries successfully transition away from international health aid? PLoS Medicine, 22(11), e1004794. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004794
Ogbuoji, Osondu, Ipchita Bharali, Justice Nonvignon, and Gavin Yamey. “How can middle-income countries successfully transition away from international health aid?PLoS Medicine 22, no. 11 (November 2025): e1004794. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004794.
Ogbuoji O, Bharali I, Nonvignon J, Yamey G. How can middle-income countries successfully transition away from international health aid? PLoS medicine. 2025 Nov;22(11):e1004794.
Ogbuoji, Osondu, et al. “How can middle-income countries successfully transition away from international health aid?PLoS Medicine, vol. 22, no. 11, Nov. 2025, p. e1004794. Epmc, doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004794.
Ogbuoji O, Bharali I, Nonvignon J, Yamey G. How can middle-income countries successfully transition away from international health aid? PLoS medicine. 2025 Nov;22(11):e1004794.

Published In

PLoS medicine

DOI

EISSN

1549-1676

ISSN

1549-1277

Publication Date

November 2025

Volume

22

Issue

11

Start / End Page

e1004794

Related Subject Headings

  • Leadership
  • International Cooperation
  • Humans
  • Global Health
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Developing Countries
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences