Corruption in healthcare systems costs lives, increases suffering, disrupts livelihoods, and wastes public and private financial resources. Damaging health outcomes at individual and population levels hinder health promotion and prevention programmes, reduce trust in governments, and disproportionally affect vulnerable groups.

This Advisory Note aims to provide an analysis of the impact of corruption on the healthcare systems in the Pacific and suggests measures that could be adopted in the corruption risk mitigation plan.

This publication was prepared by the United Nations Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) Project, a joint initiative by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), supported by the New Zealand Aid Programme.