Table 4.

Purposes of health aid by major donors (2010–2021)

	Net Health ODA (USD in million)
Specific Purposes	Australia	Germany	Japan	Korea	USA	Total
Infectious disease control	6.63	0.20	4.95	4.95	109.20	125.9
Health policy and administrative management	88.53	58.54	21.09	12.08	11.42	191.7
COVID-19 Control	22.11		37.06	52.20	6.54	117.9
Basic healthcare	45.01	7.24	3.67	17.34	12.64	85.9
Basic nutrition	0.23	15.62	0.01	1.59	42.24	59.7
Medical services	0.29	2.10	29.18	25.72		57.3
Basic health infrastructure	0.13	0.08	34.65	7.30	0.20	42.4
Medical training & personal development	0.16	13.30	0.94	12.25		26.7
Health education	0.42	0.18	1.67	1.11	4.12	7.5
Medical research	0.29		0.02	0.04	0.82	1.2
Non-communicable disease (NCDs) control	0.04			1.99		2.0
Promotion of mental health and well-being	0.01					0.01
Health aid total	163.9	97.1	133.2	136.6	187.2	717.9
HHI	0.38633	0.41251	0.22030	0.21790	0.40010	0.16140

Note: The authors have constructed this table with data sourced from OECD CRS statistics. Arranged in the descending order of total aid (last column). Focus areas for each country are colored in grey for easy recognition