Global Health

A paramedic distributes free medicine provided by the government to patients inside a ward at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) in Chennai July 12, 2012. Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu, one of two Indian states offering free medicine for all. The state provides a glimpse of the hurdles India faces as it embarks on a programme to extend free drug coverage nationwide. Picture taken July 12, 2012. To match Analysis INDIA-DRUGS/ REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY DRUGS) - GM1E87N0HMY01

Future Development

Outsized focus on cash transfers is missing the point

Friday, April 19, 2019

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Future Development

What do poor people think about direct cash transfers?

Stuti Khemani, James Habyarimana, and Irfan Nooruddin

Monday, April 8, 2019

Development Seminar | Smallpox eradication: Inclusive histories as meaningful roadmaps for global health

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Future Development

How global development leaders think their field is changing

George Ingram and Kristin M. Lord

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

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Global Health

Measuring revenue streams and profitability for HIV drugs

Darrell M. West and Jake Schneider

Monday, April 16, 2018

A baby is weighted on a scale in a health clinic in the capital Juba, South Sudan, January 23, 2017. Picture taken January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola - RC157C1D0FF0

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Change of pace: Accelerations and advances during the Millennium Development Goal era

John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen

Thursday, February 22, 2018

A woman holds her newborn baby in a nursery at the Juba Teaching Hospital in Juba April 3, 2013. Very few births in South Sudan, which has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world at 2,054 per 100,000 live births, are assisted by trained midwives, according to the UNDP's website. Picture taken April 3, 2013. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) - GM1E94416HS01

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How many lives are at stake? Assessing 2030 sustainable development goal trajectories for maternal and child health

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Thursday, February 15, 2018

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Health Care Industry

The global burden of medical innovation

Dana Goldman and Darius Lakdawalla

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Promoting private sector involvement in neglected tropical disease research and development

Jeremy Barofsky and Jake Schneider

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Blog Posts

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Oil corruption charges move forward in Nigeria, airport workers strike in Kenya, and DRC updates

Christina Golubski

Saturday, March 9, 2019

A vendor checks the stock of medicine at a legal pharmacy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast October 16, 2018. Picture taken October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago - RC1790222440

Future Development

Is trade with India changing Africa’s health care landscape?

Siddharth Dixit, Natalie Emery, and Chinmoy Kumar

Friday, March 1, 2019

A doctor attends to a child at a relief centre for flood victims in Patani community in Nigeria's Delta state October 14, 2012. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on October 11 visited some of the hundreds of thousands of people made homeless by the country's worst flooding in at least five decades, calling it a 'national disaster'. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (NIGERIA - Tags: DISASTER HEALTH) - GM1E8AE1N9001

Future Development

Closing Africa’s health financing gap

Osondu Ogbuoji, Ipchita Bharali, Natalie Emery, and Kaci Kennedy McDade

Friday, March 1, 2019

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Events

Development Seminar: World class – A story of adversity, transformation, and success at NYU Langone Health

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

Webinar: Impact bonds for health

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Spurring private investment in health R&D around the world

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