India, Jan. 27 -- India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan received barely 15% of the development assistance for health for COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic was revolutionary for global health financing that, at a record $37.8 billion, witnessed an 810 per cent increase in the first two years of the public health emergency, compared to the preceding two decades (2000-2019), according to a new report.

Despite the urgency of the situation, low- and middle-income countries were handed a raw deal. India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan accounted for 27.2 per cent of global COVID-19 deaths that occurred in low- and middle-income countries, but received barely 15 per cent of the development assistance for health (DAH) for COVID-19....