Fourth Edition of Disease Control Priorities (DCP-4)

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The fourth edition of Disease Control Priorities (DCP-4) builds on a series of publications that started 3 decades ago by the World Bank. The University of Bergen will be hosting the Secretariat for this multi-year project that is led by Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS) director Ole F. Norheim and will include inputs from many other institutions around the world.

Disease Control Priorities 4 (DCP-4)

DCP4 builds on Disease Control Priorities 1 to 3 to help translate economic evidence into a better priority setting approach for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and intersectoral and international actions for health. This will be achieved through collaboration and capacity strengthening in a select group of Low-and-lower-middle income countries (LMICs). DCP4 will be relevant for all countries committed to increasing public finance of UHC and recognizing the need to set priorities on the path towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

DCP4 aims to:  

• Report on recent DCP country-led initiatives and lessons learned for disease control priorities, essential benefit package design, and implementation

• Evaluate global threats to health and policy preparedness and responses in areas such as pandemics, One Health, climate change, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
• Update and revise DCP3 essential UHC packages and intersectoral policies with new evidence, new analysis, and improved ways of reporting and interacting with country-led initiatives. Emphasis will be on primary care, health systems strengthening, equity and financial risk protection.

DCP4 will be published by the World Bank in four volumes:

Volume 1: Disease Control Priorities in Practice

Volume 2: Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness & Response

Volume 3: Interventions Outside the Health Care System
 

Volume 4: Universal Health Coverage

Overview of previous editions: