A study, which was published earlier today, has revealed that because of aid they obtain for health care from developed countries, Governments of developing nations have slashed the finances of their own ministries of health.

The research authors have disclosed that budding governments have "massively increased" the money they spend on health care by almost 100% within the period of 1995 and 2006.

The study was led by Professor Christopher Murray, of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University Of Washington, Seattle, and Dr. Chunling Lu from the Harvard University and their team of colleagues.

They scanned accounts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). However, they did admit that they faced a lot of trouble to lay hands on the data they required, because some of the records kept by various Governments had irregularities.

In the study, the researchers write, "For every $1 of 'development assistance for health' given to government, the finance ministry reduces the amount of government expenditures allocated to the health ministry and other government agencies that engage in health spending by about $0.43 to $1.14".

The details of the exhaustive research can be found in the latest publication of Lancet.