Innovative financing of health care, BMJ, November 4, 2009

Published 4 November 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b4235
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4235

International Aid

Innovative financing of health care  With national budgets stretched, countries are trying to find new ways to fund aid to developing countries, Tatum Anderson reports

Morocco’s airline travellers will soon be contributing to the cost of drugs to treat malaria and antiretrovirals to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV and treat infected children after a new tax on flights is introduced. Morocco joins over 30 other countries that collect taxes on airline tickets (Norway also contributes part of its tax on carbon dioxide emissions). So far, the $1.2bn (£75m) raised has enabled aid agencies to negotiate up to 70% discounts on drug purchases and buy more drugs for people who cannot afford them.

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