Global Health Security in the Trump Era: Time to Worry?
Is it time to ring the alarm bell on a declining US commitment to global health security? For most of the past year, I would have said no. But after the last few weeks, I’m starting to think so. And...
View ArticleGlobal Health Development Value Frameworks: Are We Calculating Well and Wisely?
The last several years have seen the development of many decision-support tools (“value frameworks”) for supporting policy and investment decisions. These tools make use of lots of numbers representing...
View ArticleJean Tirole Connects the Dots: Lessons from Modern Economics for Global...
At CGD, we believe that the thoughtful application of economic theory and evidence can help build a better world. This conviction is clearly shared by Dr. Jean Tirole, Nobel laureate in economics and...
View ArticleWill PEPFAR “Acceleration” Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is?
We finally have some clarity on PEPFAR’s new “acceleration” strategy toward epidemic control: a lot more allocated to a few countries, and a lot less for others.Blog: Global Health Policy BlogViews...
View ArticleWhat You Should Know About Global Health Financing Transitions: Five Key...
In recent years many global health institutions—particularly Gavi and the Global Fund—have adopted eligibility and transition frameworks for the countries they support. These frameworks lay out...
View ArticleTime to Deliver: New Ebola Findings Highlight the Need to Improve Evidence...
On July 23, an outbreak report in The Lancet Infectious Diseases documented the case of a female Ebola survivor who transmitted the virus to family members more than year later. This raises new...
View ArticlePEPFAR’s New Targets for Local Implementation: Commendable in Theory,...
In July, United States Global AIDS Coordinator Deborah Birx made a striking commitment: under her leadership, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) would direct at least 40 percent of...
View ArticleReplenishment Crunch Ahead: Implications for the Future of Global Health...
In 2019, major sources of concessional finance—the big global health funders like the Global Fund and Gavi, as well as the development-bank-based IDA and the African Development Fund—will ask donors...
View ArticleCall a Spade a Spade: Venezuela is a Public Health Emergency
Health outcomes in Venezuela are approaching emergency-like levels as services, medicines, and food become increasingly inaccessible. Venezuela’s under-5 mortality rate in 2016 already rivaled Syria’s,...
View ArticleAs UN General Assembly Highlights Tuberculosis Fight, Will BRICS Lead on the...
CGD experts explain how the BRICS—home to 40 percent of all cases last year—could provide much-needed leadership on the global TB agenda.Blog: Global Health Policy BlogAuthor(s): Rachel...
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