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Blog Post
May 09, 2022
Long-term care workers have, in many countries, become the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Asian region is no different. As the region grapples with an increasingly aging population, the pandemic has prompted new policies that aim to support long-term care workers, particularly migrants, in suppo...
Blog Post
April 07, 2022
While oral antivirals are not a substitute for vaccination, they help prevent severe illness, save lives, and preserve health systems. Vaccination rates continue to lag in low-income countries: only 14 percent of the population in low-income countries has received one dose of the vaccine, compared t...
Blog Post
March 14, 2022
When sudden shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic cripple an economy’s ability to rapidly raise revenue and reallocate limited resources, multilateral development banks (MDBs) can lead the crisis response. MDBs provide a range of instruments that support countries in different ways and at different peri...
Blog Post
February 15, 2022
Last week, the European Union and its member states placed a “European global health strategy” at the top of their shared agenda. And as part of the EU-Africa summit this week in Brussels, the EU is highlighting its support for regional manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccine via the African Union’s Partn...