Global Health

Visit of the Minister of Handicrafts Dame Diop to a mask-making workshop in Dakar, Senegal on April 22, 2020 in order to limit the spread of Covid-19. Photo by Tidiane Ndiaye Cheikh/ABACAPRESS.COM

Africa in Focus

Learning from the best: Evaluating Africa’s COVID-19 responses

Youssef Travaly and Aretha Mare

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

A man carrying a sack walks past a graffiti of a healthcare worker during a lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Future Development

How well is India responding to COVID-19?

Ipchita Bharali, Preeti Kumar, and Sakthivel Selvaraj

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Beds are seen in a field hospital which will provide extra intensive care space for patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), inside the exhibition centre Stockholmsmassan in Alvsjo, Stockholm, Sweden March 30, 2020. Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN.

Up Front

Reopening the World: Coordinating the international distribution of medical goods

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Webinar: Reopening the world – How to save lives and livelihoods

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Reports

A medical employee collects a smear at a special corona test center for public service employees such as police officers, nurses and firefighters during a media presentation as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Cologne, Germany, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

Report

Responding to global systemic shocks: Applying lessons from previous crises to COVID-19

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Agricultural fields

Report

Toward strategies for ending rural hunger

Geoffrey Gertz and Homi Kharas

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

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

Report

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

Report

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

John McArthur, Krista Rasmussen, and Gavin Yamey

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Blog Posts

Illustration photo shows various medicine pills in their original packaging in Brussels, Belgium August 9, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Illustration

Future Development

Extending the reach of private health initiatives beyond the pill

Pratik Doshi, Joy Bhosai, Elina Urli Hodges, and Krishna Udayakumar

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

TURIN, ITALY - June 05, 2020: Protesters hold a banner reading 'Fight every crisis' during a Fridays for future demonstration, a worldwide climate strike against governmental inaction towards climate breakdown and environmental pollution. (Photo by Nicolò Campo/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Future Development

Climate change merits a fiscal response like COVID-19’s

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

A worker holds a hoe as they remove weed at a farm amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Eikenhof, South Africa, April 16, 2020. Picture taken April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Africa in Focus

Economic impact of COVID-19: Protecting Africa’s food systems from farm to fork

Jennifer Blanke

Friday, June 19, 2020

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Events

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

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New Delhi, India

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

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

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Experts

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Multimedia

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Global Health

How is the latest Ebola outbreak in the DRC different than the others?

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