Global Health

Nurse Beryl Negesa wears a protective suit before entering a field hospital builtÊon a soccer stadium in Machakos, as the number of confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continues to rise in Kenya, July 23, 2020. Picture taken July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Op-Ed

The unfinished agenda of financing Africa’s COVID-19 response

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Vera Songwe, Tidjane Thiam, Donald Kaberuka, Trevor Manuel, Abderrahmane Benkhalfa, and Strive Masiyiwa

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Report

Sustainable development finance proposals for the global COVID-19 response

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Friday, August 14, 2020

A trader’s temperature is taken at the entrance of the reopened Rood-Wooko city central market, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso April 20, 2020. Picture taken April 20, 2020. REUTERS / Anne Mimault

Future Development

How well is Ghana—with one of the best testing capacities in Africa—responding to COVID-19?

Jiaqi Zhang, Justice Nonvignon, and Wenhui Mao

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

LOS OLIVOS, PERU- In the photos taken on July 10, 2020, teams from the Ministry of Health provide comprehensive health care to more than 300 children, pregnant women and older adults, prioritizing the regular vaccination scheme in Los Olivos, Peru.

Future Development

How investing in health has a significant economic payoff for developing economies

Jaana Remes, Matt Wilson, and Aditi Ramdorai

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

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

Ana Revenga

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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

Ahmad Yassin al-Ali and Fawza Umri's children eat together inside their tent, at Atmeh camp, near the Turkish border, Syria June 13, 2020. Picture taken June 13, 2020. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Future Development

Can we avoid a lost decade of development?

Kevin Watkins

Thursday, July 9, 2020

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

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Events

2020

Jun

Past Event

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

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

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

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Experts

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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Multimedia

A medical worker wears a protective suit as he prepares to administer Ebola patient care.

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

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Thursday, October 18, 2018

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