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ArticleHealth policy and planning2025

Development partner influence on domestic health financing contributions in Senegal: a mixed-methods case study.

Frederik Federspiel, Josephine Borghi, Elhadji Mamadou Mbaye, Henning Tarp Jensen, Melisa Martinez Alvarez

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Frederik FederspielDepartment of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4295-0827
Josephine BorghiDepartment of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, United Kingdom.
Elhadji Mamadou MbayeDepartment of Political Science, Gaston Berger University, Route de Ngallèle, Saint Louis BP 234, Senegal.
Henning Tarp JensenDepartment of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, United Kingdom.
Melisa Martinez AlvarezDepartment of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

Sustainable and equitably contributed domestic health financing is essential for improving health and making progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in low- and middle-income countries. In this study, we explore the pathways through which development partners influence the combination of domestic health financing sources in Senegal. We performed a qualitative case study that comprised 32 key stakeholder interviews and a purposive document review, supplemented by descriptive statistical analysis of World Health Organization and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development data on health financing sources in Senegal. We developed a novel framework to analyse the different mechanisms and directions of development partner influence on domestic health financing contributions. We identified development partner influence via four mechanisms: setting aims and standards, lobbying/negotiation, providing policy/technical advice, and providing external financing. Overall, development partners worked to increase tax-based government contributions and expand Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI), which is seemingly equity enhancing. Fungibility and intrinsic equity issues related to CBHI may, however, limit equity gains. We encourage stakeholders in the health financing sphere to use our framework and analysis to unpack how development partners affect domestic health financing in other settings. This could help identify dynamics that do not optimally enhance equity and support progress towards UHC to help achieve more coherent policy-making across all domains of development partner activities in support of UHC. Future research should investigate the role of international creditors, lending, and loan conditionalities on domestic health financing in recipient countries, including equity implications.

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Healthcare FinancingUniversal Health InsuranceCommunity-Based Health InsuranceDeveloping CountriesHealth PolicyHumansOrganizational Case StudiesQualitative ResearchSenegaldevelopment assistancedonorsequityexternal development partnershealth financinginterviewsSenegal

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