Opinion poll shows overwhelming support for increases in aid to go to health

An opinion poll commissioned by Action For Global Health has found that Europeans living in the five largest aid donor countries overwhelmingly support aid increases going to health care. Of 5000 people polled in Spain, Germany, Italy, France and the UK 85% agreed that increased aid money should be used to improve health in developing countries.

In the press release that accompanied the publication of the results EPHA Secretary General stated that “we are now half way through the MDG process and too many big European players are still indulging in broken policies which could negatively impact the quality and quantity of aid”.

The Action For Global Health opinion research was published at the same time World leaders were meeting in New York for a summit convened by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon intended to reinvigorate political commitments to development and the Millennium Development Goals.

With only seven years until the deadline for meeting the Millennium Goals, the United Nations Summit needed to be a turning point for world leaders to review progress and commit to concrete efforts, resources and mechanisms.