Brookings Global Health Initiative Snapshot Series

The Snapshot Series, produced by Brookings Global Health Initiative, offers concise information about the economics, opportunities and challenges associated with new global health financing programs and efforts. The purpose of the series is to help policymakers, civil and corporate leaders, as well as informed citizens, easily understand current initiatives and their potential to improve the health of the world's poorest people.

Global Health Snapshots

The Snapshot Series includes two types of snapshots:

Issues: These snapshots briefly review one issue within the global health field.

• Financing Gaps for Global Health (PDF)

Financing Innovation: Each of these snapshots explains an innovative financing mechanism that has been developed or is in development.

• Advance Market Commitments (AMC) for Vaccines (PDF)
• Airline Solidarity Contribution (PDF)
• Debt2Health: Debt Conversion for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (PDF)
• International Finance Facility for Immunization (PDF)
• Private Sector Financing for the Global Fund: (Product)RED (PDF)
• Affordable Medicines Facility-Malaria (AMFm) (PDF)

Further Information

The Snapshots were developed based on numerous publicly available research sources. Comments, questions, updates, and new ideas are welcome.