BRICS Focusing on Innovation to Improve Healthcare

A report released in connection with the BRICS Summit finds that the nations are injecting new resources, momentum and innovation into efforts to improve healthcare in the world’s poorest countries.

According to a report by Global Health Strategies Initiatives (GHSi) released in connection with the BRICS Summit, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are injecting new resources, momentum and innovation into efforts to improve healthcare in the world’s poorest countries.

While all five countries have been engaged in foreign assistance for decades, the report finds that the size and scope of their efforts have grown rapidly along with their economies. Although G7 donors still provide far more total assistance, the report estimates that the average annual growth in the BRICS’ foreign assistance spending between 2005 and 2010 was more than ten times higher than that of the G7.

"The BRICS are increasingly focusing on health and development as part of their global assistance