Looking for data (and sources for data) on the amount of money that
various governments (US, Japan, European countries, etc), religious
groups (Catholics, other Christian Groups, Islamic groups, Baha'is,
others), and nondenominational nonprofits groups (Gates Foundation,
etc.) are giving for health care and health care development in the
developing world. I also want to know what methods are being used by
these groups to address the health care needs of their target
populations. Do the Catholics, in general, use a particular method or
set of "rules" that govern how they allocate resources? How many
Catholic "mission" hospitals exist in the developing world? Do the
Muslims (in general) emphasize spiritual transformation and the
acceptance of the Muslim Faith as the primary method of improving
health care? Do the 7th Day Adventists and the Mormons list the
number of people they send out for health care missions and the number
of "Clinics" they have created internationally? Has the Gates
foundation listed that it (for example) focuses primarily on findings
ways of distributing existing drugs vs. focusing on developing new
ones?
I am ultimately looking to compare the resources and methods used by
governments, religious groups, and nondemoninational groups to see if
there are certain trends among the groups. I want this information
for a presentation to a nonprofit group in a few months. |