The Equity Catastrophe: How Securitized Financing Collapses Essential Care During Health Crises

https://academic.oup.com/healthaffairsscholar/advance-article/doi/10.1093/haschl/qxag042/8493231?rss=1&login=false Global health systems have demonstrated strong capacity for rapid outbreak containment. However, across recent health emergencies, including Ebola, COVID-19, and Mpox. These responses have repeatedly been associated with large-scale disruptions to routine essential health services and excess non-outbreak mortality, particularly among women and children. This paper examines how prevailing pandemic preparedness policies and financing arrangements can be redesigned to achieve effective outbreak containment while maintaining continuity of essential primary health care.