Health financing in fragile and conflict-affected settings: what do we know, seven years on

In 2012, an exploratory literature review was con-ducted to analyse the main themes and findings of recent literature focusing on health financing in FCAS. Seven years later, this paper presents an update of that review, reflecting on what has changed in terms of the knowledge base, and what are the on-going gaps and new challenges in our understanding of health financing in fragile and conflict-affected states.

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