Post by Daniele Fattibene

Sovereignty vs. Solidarity? 🤝🏽 ⚕️ What happens to global #health when the world’s biggest donors scale back? The global health landscape is navigating a profound crisis. After years of pandemic-driven surges, we have entered a stark “post-aid” reality marked by donor fatigue, shrinking budgets, and geopolitical fragmentation. 📉 🔎 I am happy to share a new blog for the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) alongside a brilliant group of co-authors: Tom Hart, Karim Karaki, Marianna Lunardini, Maria Santillan O'Shea, and Paula von Haaren. ❓ Together, we look at the fundamental question: How can we reform the global health architecture when public resources are crunching? Key takeaways from our analysis: 💰 The Funding Gap: Recent replenishment rounds for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the The Global Fund fell 20-30% short of targets. 🌍 The African Shift: Faced with retreating donors, African nations are pivoting from "aid effectiveness" to structural "health sovereignty"—boosting local manufacturing and domestic financing. 🗺️ The 7-Country #Mapping: We include a comparative #matrix tracking how 7 European countries ( 🇧🇪 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇱🇺 🇪🇸 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 ) are diverging as they transition from traditional "donors" to "investors." 🇪🇺 The European Dilemma: While the appetite for local manufacturing partnerships is high, fragmented national strategies and market barriers are stalling actual progress. The era of unstructured, grant-heavy external health aid is winding down. The future relies on true national sovereignty and coordinated, innovative financing. 👉 Read our full joint analysis here: https://lnkd.in/dSX7NQ-B