PMID- 24789605
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150623
LR  - 20141103
IS  - 1468-3318 (Electronic)
IS  - 0964-4563 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - e2
DP  - 2014 Nov
TI  - Tobacco control funding for low-income and middle-income countries in a time of 
      economic hardship.
PG  - e122-6
LID - 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051467 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To assess how levels of tobacco control funding for low-income and 
      middle-income countries (LMIC) changed following the 2008-2009 global economic 
      downturn. METHODS: In order to estimate the amount of tobacco control funding in 
      LMICs, we created an integrated database of Development Assistance to Control 
      Tobacco (DACT). This database includes data on funding from bilateral and 
      multilateral donors, non-governmental organisations, private foundations and the 
      corporate sector. The database contains information on 1389 disbursements awarded 
      by 30 entities between 2000 and 2012. RESULTS: DACT declined only marginally from 
      US$68.8 million (US$0.016 per adult) in 2009 to US$68.2 million (US$0.016 per 
      adult) in 2011, but deviated significantly from its 2000 to 2009 trend. The 
      sources of funding remain highly concentrated, with nearly a half of the money 
      coming from the Bloomberg Initiative and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 
      2011. The relative importance of institutional and research grants has declined. 
      CONCLUSIONS: Our findings are consistent with the patterns in general levels of 
      development assistance for health: after a decade of rapid growth, funding for 
      tobacco control activities in LMICs has levelled off. Just as the tobacco control 
      community is beginning to envision the endgame for tobacco, the funding remains 
      erratic, inadequate, and highly vulnerable due to its level of concentration. 
      Innovative financing mechanisms might help to increase the funding pool.
CI  - Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not 
      already granted under a licence) please go to 
      http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.
FAU - Stoklosa, Michal
AU  - Stoklosa M
AD  - Economic and Health Policy Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, 
      USA.
FAU - Ross, Hana
AU  - Ross H
AD  - Economic and Health Policy Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, 
      USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140430
PL  - England
TA  - Tob Control
JT  - Tobacco control
JID - 9209612
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Developing Countries
MH  - *Financial Support
MH  - Foundations
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Income
MH  - *International Cooperation
MH  - Organizations
MH  - Poverty
MH  - Private Sector
MH  - Smoke-Free Policy/*economics
MH  - Smoking/*economics
MH  - Smoking Cessation/*economics
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - aid
OT  - crisis
OT  - development assistance
OT  - funding
EDAT- 2014/05/03 06:00
MHDA- 2015/06/24 06:00
CRDT- 2014/05/03 06:00
PHST- 2014/05/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/05/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/06/24 06:00 [medline]
AID - tobaccocontrol-2013-051467 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051467 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Tob Control. 2014 Nov;23(e2):e122-6. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051467. 
      Epub 2014 Apr 30.