Health

In line with its global strategy for health, nutrition and population, the World Bank Group supports countries’ efforts to achieve universal health coverage through stronger primary health systems and provide quality, affordable health services to everyone —regardless of their ability to pay.

Featured

Publication

Report: Building Resilient Health Systems

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the world that fundamental change in health systems cannot wait.
Program

New Pandemic Fund Established

The fund is a collaborative partnership among donor countries, co-investors foundations and civil society organizations (CSOs).
Report

Health Financing during COVID-19

Implications and Options for Health Financing in the Time of COVID-19.

Health At-A-Glance

The World Bank Group is committed to helping governments achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030, which has the potential to transform the health and well-being of individuals and societies. The vision of UHC is that all people can obtain the quality health services they need without suffering financial hardship. UHC also allows countries to make the most of their strongest asset: human capital.

Overview

Data

Out-of-pocket Expenditures (% Of Total Expenditure)

Data

Project

Emergency Health and Nutrition Project

The development objective of Emergency Health and Nutrition Project for Yemen is to contribute to the provision of basic health and essential nutrition services for the benefit of the population

VIEW ALL

Focus Areas

Pandemic Preparedness and Health ...

Pandemics, which are large disease outbreaks that affect several countries, pose major health, social, and economic risks.
Universal Health Coverage

Universal health coverage (UHC) is about people having access to the health care they need without suffering financial hardship....
Infectious Diseases and Vaccination

Globally the incidence of infectious diseases has declined since 2000, but they continue to have major health and economic ...
Nutrition

Malnutrition is one of the world’s most serious but least-addressed development challenges.

RESEARCH

View All Link

Blogs

View All Blogs

Expert

Juan Pablo Uribe

World Bank's Global Director for Health, Nutrition & Population and the Global Financing Facility

View All Experts

Stay Connected

News & Events

What's New

View All What's New

Latest Events

View All Events

In Depth

Investing in Health Blog

Our global team of health & development experts share their insights
Human Capital Project

The Human Capital Project is a global effort to accelerate more and better investments in people for greater equity and economic growth.
Global Financing Facility

Smart, scaled and sustainable financing designed to achieve and measure results
Joint Learning Network

The Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage is a global community of policymakers and practitioners who co-produce practical solutions to implementing reforms toward UHC.