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Magic Mountains of Debt: Sovereign Debt Crises as Critical Barriers to Ending TB and Investing in Sustainable Development Goals

25 April 2025

Ending TB requires adequate and sustained funding for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care. The global debt crisis threatens investment in TB programs and research and progress towards Sustainable Development Goals at large.

Treatment Action Group released a brief Magic Mountains of Debt: Sovereign Debt Crises as Critical Barriers to Ending TB and Investing in Sustainable Development Goals, analyzing the impact of sovereign debt in depressing investments in TB programs, services, and R&D in high TB burden nations. The issue brief makes the case for novel approaches to addressing the debt crisis now and in the future — including debt relief and reform, use of special drawing rights, and expansion of concessional financing — to expand public financing for investment in health.

Access the issue brief here.

 

Source: Treatment Action Group

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