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. 2015 Jun 2;12(6):e1001834.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001834. eCollection 2015 Jun.

Assessing development assistance for mental health in developing countries: 2007-2013

Barnabas J Gilbert  1 , Vikram Patel  2 , Paul E Farmer  3 , Chunling Lu  4
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Assessing development assistance for mental health in developing countries: 2007-2013

Barnabas J Gilbert et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Chunling Lu and colleagues investigate how international aid spent on mental health projects has changed between 2007 and 2013.

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Conflict of interest statement

VP is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1
Fig 1. Trends in annual DAMH and its proportion of DAH, 2007–2013.
Fig 2
Fig 2. Annual DAMH by sector, 2007–2013.
Fig 3
Fig 3. Annual DAMH by channel of delivery (assuming funding for projects with missing channels goes to public sector), 2007–2013.
Fig 4
Fig 4. Financial gap between actual spending and spending proposed by the Lancet Global Mental Health Group (LGMHG).
LIC: low-income country; LMIC: lower-middle-income country; LMIC_1: based on US$3 per capita LGMHG estimation; LMIC_2: based on US$4 per capita LGMHG estimation.
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